In article writes:

And 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.

If Hal's explanation is accurate and complete, probably so, but I'll
bet the only way you can get the software legitimately is to buy the
FirePort. It's like the Mackie HDR Pro. You get a Firewire dock for
the removable disk drive, together with a version of the operating
system that adds "Import ProTools Session" and "Export ProTools
Session" to the menu. A lot of people wanted to buy the software
without buying the Firewire dock, and some wanted to buy the Firewire
dock without the ProTools software (to make transfers to other DAW
programs easier) but Mackie wouldn't sell one without the other.

Now, it's been discontinued as a Mackie product (they never kept up
with ProTools 6) and at least one person (http://www.firedock.com) is
offering a Mackie drive bay in a Firewire case.



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