Thank dr
The reason I wasn’t using the ID method was becasue I didn’t see it clearly exaplained anywhere. The manual for VST connect focuses on logging in using your Steinberg ID. The videos showing VSt connect use also rush over the intial setup/connection stages and omit certain steps.
Furthermore, the ID method is still not reliable for me. Very often I’ll get an error telling me the server cannot connect, yet the two computers connect via a friend request but fail when establishing a full connection with the error that ‘both sides need to use the same up=to-date version’ which they are. 4.0.44 of vst connect performer and the latest Cubase pro 10 and vst connect.
It just seems like a flakey, half-arsed bit of software to me. The errors messages in particular look too general, where I suspect different problems are being lumped together.
Vst connect is unusable for me and I am so glad I never bought a pro udpdate for it.
Joe