Alesis ADAT HD24 FirePort 1394

by Alesis

Product Features

• Compatible with HD24 and HD24XR drives Hot-swappable docking station with standard IEEE 1394 FireWire interface Up to 400/MB/second FireWire audio transfer from ADAT/FST-formatted drives to computer and back FST/Connect software included for easy audio transfer and file management, including create/copy/delete on target drive Convenient desktop design with inline switching power supply Compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Mac OSX 10.2 and Mac OSX 10.3

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.7 x 3.5 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002M6TD8
• Item model number: fpx110
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,959 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #66 in Musical Instruments > Recording Equipment > Studio Monitors

Product Description

The Alesis ADAT HD24 FirePort 1394 provides high-speed connections for pros who need ever faster speeds. Plug an ADAT/FST-formatted drive into the hot-swappable Alesis FirePort dock, fire up the FST/Connect software, and you've got a blazing 400MB per second FireWire connection between the stable, affordable tracking of your HD recorder and the editing power of your computer.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hardware works great but you will need other software, July 7, 2009

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Trent Perkins (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alesis ADAT HD24 FirePort 1394

The Tascam HD24 is a great way to record audio, but the ethernet connection (10 MB/S) is an extremely painful way to get the digits from your recorder to your DAW. The FirePort 1394 sounds like it may be promising, but the software that makes it work will not work on 64 bit machine. On top of that, it is pretty archaic (based on the manual).

This is where the HD24Tools shareware comes in by Marc Brevort. With this little program, the Fireport become everything and more that you ever imagined it could be. It will give you an interface that mimics the front panel of your recorder including Mute and Solo buttons for auditioning each (or every) channel (which can be very handy when determining which tracks you want to take off). It enables you to capture any segment of a "song" and download that individually. It enables you to download the audio to your DAW HD VERY quickly (much faster than real time). You can even put audio (a variety of formats are supported) back onto the recorder. And if your drive has been corrupted, it even has tools to help you out of a jam if there is a remote possibility of recovering the audio. HD24Tools works with Mac, PC, and Linux. <[...]>

By itself, the FirePort 1394 just does not work with 64bit systems. With the HD24Tools, this thing will pay for itself in time alone while downloading one or two recordings!