peakester wrote ...
Here's an interesting location I was guided to by an engineer friend
tonight:
http://www.vipower.com/product/Smart...59/vp_8059.htm

Appears to be a $14 drive carrier bundled with the OEM firewire
coupler which Alesis sells (in a different color). These are both
standard items available in many places.

Alas, without the special software that also comes with the Alesis
bundle, it cannot be used with HD24 drives. And as others have
already observerd, Alesis doesn't sell the software unbundled from
the hardware.