Microstudio does work with the Plextor 12/10/32A IDE or SCSI drive. MTU finds around 1 in 5 of these drives that we buy and test will fail to properly duplicate a CDG format disc. We fully test and certify our drives to properly duplicate the CDG format.
As to your other questions, please read my separate Thread at:
http://mtu.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=135