hank alrich wrote:

now I wonder if one could use a Wiebetech FW DriveDock along with
the Alesis software to do what the Firedock does, or if the software
is tied to the Alesis gizmo.


Like Hal said, you'd likely create more work taking the drives out of
the Alesis caddy and then plugging the DriveDock into them. You could
do what I did and install a caddy into a 5¼" external FireWire box.
Just find out what kind of caddy/tray system Alesis is using and buy
some of those.