VST CONNECT - All you need to know (2020)

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VST CONNECT - All you need to know (2020)
VST Connect Pro is a Remote Recording Solution for online collaboration for home studios and musicians.With VST Connect, you can set up a recording session and work remotely with artists from around the world recording MIDI and High Quality audio.
In this video I will show you everything you need to know about VST Connect Pro to be able to run a successful remote online recording session in Cubase.
I also give a look at a remote recording sessions I did with 4 of my friends from Montreal to Nashville recording a quick piece of music using VST Connect Pro in Cubase.
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[@SomebodyPickaName]

Thank you, Chris! One thing I would like to add is the importance of sending the cue mix sends of each channel in Cubase back to the performer so they can hear the music. I'd never used the control room before in Cubase (never needed it) and so when I tried VST Connect Pro yesterday, I had to train myself to enable the cue send for VST connect on every new audio track in the session, otherwise the performer couldn't hear it. The other thing was the "master" fader not being automatically assigned to the performer's main outputs, so I had to set that manually as well. But all of my other questions, you answered! I'm very grateful!

[@iggydip]

I am having the problem with the performer. I can hear them and record them but they cannot hear anything from my side including talkback, metronome or any music I have written my end. The meters show activity in the control room but that’s as far as it gets. I will try what you say.

[@vocalead]

Thanks so much for another super comprehensive video on a topic that is not so widely available on YT.

[@howlerbike]

I've been wanting to try this, but like you said, there's a steep learning curve. So thank you for cleaning the window I was looking at it through and removing the big pile of gravel that was in front of the window.(:>)

[@mixdownonline]

Glad I could help! :-)

[@kenboome864]

Chris, I downloaded the Manual. Then I added yellow pages to my binder, and went thru your wonderful/detailed/ and thorough Tutorial on a piece of software that is critical to understand and have. You are the GOLD standard in Cubase Understanding. While I will study the whole tutorial at least 3 more times, unlike everybody else (besides Ondo) you pre-answer every & all questions and stumbling blocks for us before they even happen. You really are helping all of us make better music, faster. Your "detail" is exactly what's needed. Thank-You

[@jamesleaburn246]

Can't tell you how useful this was. I wish I had this when I first started using VST Connect. Thanks.

[@psychotrout]

Oh! Finally someone that talks about it!

[@BruceWalker51]

Wow what a great video! Thank you for the information,I'm just now starting to use this part of Cubase connect pro with a friend of mine in California.

[@mixdownonline]

You're very welcome! Hope it you enjoy working with VST Connect!

[@chrislok7477]

Great video...thank you! I have done a few VST Connect SE sessions w/ singers from NYC and Vancouver and I watch this video before each session to remind me about how to set it up properly. It works great but I agree w/ your comment at the end of your video: it takes awhile to get it working properly. Thanks again for this and for your other informative Cubase videos!

[@mixdownonline]

That is awesome! You're welcome!

[@digmas1]

Great video... looking forward to checking this out... been looking for way to do this. Thanks Chris

[@mixdownonline]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@AllisterBradley]

Thank you, Chris. I'm just getting started with VST Connect PRO and you've cleared up a lot of confusion. I'm confident about initiating a session with my remote musicians now!

[@sunpathviewer]

Thank you for making this for Chris. My friends and clients have been reluctant to use VST-connect. I'll keep you posted on whether this critical valuable video can conquer the procrastination plague that ills my artistic communities. Peace Chris.

[@QuaverloveStudio]

I'm SOLD! The possibilities are endless! Gonna start with the SE version until I'm able to purchase Connect Pro. Thanks, once again, Chris. Another Cubase dark room lit up!

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome!

[@francoismacchiagodena1747]

Merci pour ce magnifique cours. Je viens de retourner avec Cubase depuis plusieurs années et je suis grandement satisfait!!!

[@rolandgerard6064]

This is one video to be watched multiple times.

[@stevedonalson5675]

Excellent and very thorough coverage. Will use VST Connect between may main studio and our remote.

[@davehulse5027]

Great tutorial. as a newcomer to Cubase there's a lot to learn, and this video was really clear. Great for "lockdown"

[@KaseyChiu]

Thanks for your video Chris! Vst connect is seems to be a big solution to distant problem and collaborations!

[@cnpcreative]

Thank you for sharing this info! I have VST Pro just waiting to start collaborations. You answered all of my questions. Thank you!

[@FransvanAken]

I used this week VST Connect for the first time to explore the possibilities and it is exactly how you said: it will allways better to have a inhouse recording but now in time of corona it is a very helpfull tool!

[@mixdownonline]

Great to hear!

[@rasolzamini8678]

Thank you Chris for an excellent introduction to VTS connect.

[@stevecarrAB]

That was a great improvement you made with the drum beat after you recorded the slide guitar part! And thank you for the informative VST Connect tutorial.

[@firegoggles]

I know this is old but man this was such an incredible tutorial wow!!! THANK YOU!

[@paulrucker1889]

Nice to see it in action. Figured out today how to set up with a friend at the other end. Tomorrow will try out more feature with someone else. Then on to do recording sessions, this really helps, thank you much for posting this.

[@drumz47]

HI CHRIS Just getting started and I reaLLY appreciate your tutorial as it helps tremendously. Just a reminder when you do these sometimes you move your mouse a little too fast but what a great session .Thank you so much.

[@xXValomatXx]

Nice that someone finally explaines this. there are some videos out, but they are all kinda really old. BUT I think you missed to explain on the main source of all problems with this : The part where you show detailed adjustments for the talkback setup on both sides, the part where you show how to exactly choose the audio card and the relevant outputs and an example how to send the cue mix to the performer side. This is where after my experience 95% of all users fail to use this ! They simply don't get it right with the talkback and the cue sends... and where to manually insert the vst connect plug ins for a better understanding. would be interesting to see, if I'm right there and users leave their experience with this in the comments...

[@mixdownonline]

I think that was clear with the process, but if I get a lot of questions in the coming days and weeks about this, I'll be more than happy to do a follow up video :-)

[@fernandorivera6360]

Manna from Heaven! Thanks, Chris!

[@michelgoernert]

Thank you for the great video.

[@mixdownonline]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PatrickSchouten]

Thanks for this great video. First how to set it up, but also to see it working. I will use it soon

[@MonteMusicChannel]

Thank you for that video. It clearifies the whole thing a lot since the manual wasn't written that well. It would be great if you could show a drum recording session as well. I guess that the musician has to set the phase for each channel already correct from his side.

[@mixdownonline]

Yes, the musician would have to work the phase out on his side

[@kevinwilliams4855]

Just what I needed my friend! I will look into this in the coming days/weeks. 👌🎸 Cheers Chris 👍😎

[@yvespicard890]

De loin le meilleur vidéo sur VST Connect. Félicitation Chris !!!

[@mixdownonline]

Merci Yves :-)

[@GenuineHeather]

Wow. Thank you for explaining this feature so well. This could be a game changer.

[@shmoto]

You answered many questions. Thank you so much for posting this!

[@mixdownonline]

You are so welcome!

[@studentsmusic]

As a cubase pro i must say absolutely competent and great explanation of this at first sight complex tool that offers so much possibilities. Absolutely what i was looking for and thanks for this professional video. I hope they will fix the ios performer app to the new login procedure without sending a key (may 2020) then i will use it in my seminars with students. Anyway great vid, great guy, great friends.

[@mixdownonline]

Glad it was helpful!

[@marcelcouture5373]

I will definitely try it with my brother in Florida as a performer. If he can use it, then anybody can do it!!! Thanks so much.

[@mixdownonline]

Have fun!

[@dane4890]

Love it, thank you man! 😁🎵

[@tommckeown6970]

i picked up VST Connect Pro over the weekend. The documentation is poor and the learning curve is kind of high, but once I understood what it is supposed to do (and why) I was able to get it going and have had a few sessions already. Thank you for this! For a future episode, maybe you can go over troubleshooting VST Connect. I stumbled on fixes for my problems but it took a while.

[@vonotebook]

Best video to understand this fabulous technology.

[@mixdownonline]

Thanks!

[@janmage78]

I'm about to start working on some virtual sessions using VST Connect in a few weeks. I have a feeling I will be coming back to this video a lot. Thanks so much Chris. You always have excellent content on your channel. Whenever I learn something new about Cubase or DAWs in general, there is about a 90% chance I got it from you. The other 10% is purely having done something on accident :-). Thanks again!

[@patndown]

Super helpful tutorial, about to start using myself.

[@DocTheGuitar]

Thank you, very, very helpful

[@thierrypilot4655]

I dreamed of it, and Chris did it. Bravo Chris et merci beaucoup

[@mixdownonline]

Bienvenue Thierry :-)

[@Frank.Zimmermann]

Hey Chris, that was great fun! 👍 At some point I have to upgrade to 10.5 and try VST Connect Pro. Never had online collaboration, but it's definitely a great thing I'd like to try out. But first I have to finish some projects. Looking forward to seeing you in the next video!! Bye for now! 🙂

[@mixdownonline]

Awesome! Thanks for watching Frank!

[@georgephilis]

Will need to try this after I set up my studio (still in the making). Watching this video made me realize I had underestimated this function. Good job 👍

[@hansdorenstouter3813]

Chris, when you run out of inspiration, haha, would you mind making an update video about VST Connect? I guess it is such a powerful tool but i hear a lot of frustrated people regarding performance and setting it up. Maybe Steinberg improved a lot in the newer versions and it's 3 years later, so... Thanks in advance!

[@bookstuart]

Thank you Chris for an excellent introduction to VTS connect. Clear and concise. I had to watch your video a number of times to get my head around it but it was worth it. I have a friend in Canada (lm in Germany) and we want to record her on oboe and me on piano and your video has given me the incentive to try it using VST connect. As she has no experience with computers I will have to setup a performer account on another computer and try out the setup before teaching her remote what to do. I’ll get back to you and let you know how we get on. Thanks again. Will check out your other video know. Regards Brian

[@mixdownonline]

Enjoy!

[@LiebnerZappleProject]

Thanks. That was very helpful!

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome!

[@starsandguitars2050]

Thank you very much Chris. You've answered many of my questions. I plan to try this...

[@Ehabmxd]

Thank u chris.. Ur video is awesome i like the musicians also its really good job.. u explain everything in this video for beginner and professional.. 🌹

[@mixdownonline]

Glad you liked it!

[@elruso7524]

Hi Chris! Great video! Only one person at a time? Greetings from Argentina

[@mixdownonline]

Not necessary, you can record more than one instrument/person at a time with the Pro version but they will have to share the same mix though

[@carlosalmeida7174]

I wasn't using it, but now I´m planning to! Thank you once again Chris!!

[@wolfgangleiter]

Hey Chris, Great Explanations... Now I understand, how it works ! I think the most important thing is, to understand, how the datastreams are organized and which knob changes things on which side.... I think I'll by the Pro version..... stay healthy all together..... Wolfgang

[@raynaldomartine]

THANK YOU for this video!

[@mixdownonline]

You are so welcome!

[@davidn.7767]

Thank you thank you thank you....Steinberg's most recent setup video is just horrible. Needed this and I hope they will see this. If they want people to use the program they should have put time into troubleshooting and the whole process.

[@mixdownonline]

Happy you liked it David!

[@ricardomatamoros9854]

Men, you are awesome. thanks a million.

[@jimsmith4611]

Another well explained and helpful video Chris thank you...!! Used VST Performer and connect pro last night with a friend . Had some issues withthe tqalkback in terms of he could hear me while couldn't hear him. Then I could hear him but he couldn't hear me. There was a short period where it worked perfectly but this was only for a couple of minutes.. We'll continue to work at it. Wondering if there is there anything obvious that we have missed ...!!

[@sINGLE_hANDED]

Great video Chris! Many thanks for sharing your experience on it I'm now looking forward to try and test the VST Connect SE included in my Cubase 9 Pro software!

[@terrymacklin5935]

Thanks Chris, you have opened another Door for me within Cubase. I suspect that some Pro users might not be aware of what is available here.

[@mixdownonline]

Happy to help!

[@samson418]

Nice demo. A pity, that Steinberg doesnˋt do such useful videos. They only rely on third parties for „masterclasses“. So your video is a realy helpful one. Now Version 5 was launched. So we can do dubbing on movies and scoring on movies.

[@mixdownonline]

Happy the video was helpful!

[@mattwood75]

Great walk-through, thank you Chris!

[@gospelmuvgospelmuv]

Thanks Chris, I really enjoyed it. VST connect is interesting and I hope to use it in the near future. Cheers!

[@ghostdawg57]

this is great thanks so much for this

[@mixdownonline]

You're very welcome!

[@petermoonband7181]

Chris thanks for these great videos. I've been having great success tracking individual things like vocals using vst connect se. Have worked from Nashville with friends in L.A. and Tampa. A buddy in Miami has the VST Pro app and we are trying to track an acoustic drum kit. We got as far as setting up 8 mics, getting signal from each of them. From the performer side, I can adjust each fader to adjust the mix in my headphones. However , once we track, it seems all we get is a sub mix. Is there a way to actually record individually channelized and isolated drum mics? I figure if anyone can answer this question it's YOU!!! Once again man, thanks for being a great resource and a champion for educating musicians and recording enthusiasts! Bravo!

[@mixdownonline]

Unfortunately, you can't. Those will be on separated tracks once you import the HD Files. Multitrack recording is possible with VST Connect but not very user friendly, something they will need to work on imo.

[@Jin-st3mt]

Great video, I wasn't sure of giving a go to this thing, I think it will be very useful to me. It seems to be an awesome feature. Thanks

[@arunachalamusic]

thanks Chris. Fantastic tutorial!

[@stix2slivers]

This lesson will be watched a few more times, When this was first out a few years ago I was at Long and McQuade in Toronto at the Cubase users group. Nice work Chris, Still pretty deep but would love to try it. You used midi for the drums correct. Cheers and keep up the awesome education clips :-) Sincerely, Bruce

[@mixdownonline]

Yes I used programmed drums for this one :-)

[@BarunNafak]

Nice...

[@blakebrothers]

Very helpful - especially for the Covid tunes! Thanks

[@vonotebook]

Merci ! Le meilleur tuto VST Connect ! :)

[@markleyland2661]

Great video Chris, as always. I've always wonder what it did and how it worked in action.

[@mixdownonline]

Thanks 👍

[@Dnfosberry]

Merci très utile daniel ville de Bordeaux 🙂

[@Mmoody2112]

I watched the video and read the comments (so I didn't hit you with a redundant question). . . First off - Thank you for all you do - your channel is such a help (even if I understand something you cover - I end up with something for watching your videos). What is the max on the quality side (I noticed you guys did 48k) - and I'm assuming it's limited to the performers interface as well?

[@audiobassment]

Great video. Thank you 👍

[@billirwin1726]

Hey Chris, I'm only asking this because I'm slow 😐 So would others need to have Cubase pro to use this or could it be any other vst software...? Thanks... Keep up the good work 👍

[@filipjonathan]

It's such a shame that the SE version doesn't support hi res audio. They could've given us one hi res mono signal, it would've been much more useful.

[@sizzahan]

Great stuff Chris, Hey, early in the video you state that you had created a test account to link to on another computer. I have attempted to do so but get an error message when i try to connect to it. "cannot connect to 2 computers on the same LAN" ... How were you able to achieve this. I would like to work out the kinks by myself if possible without having to inconveniene someone on the performer side. Thanks

[@studentsmusic]

Good question tried the same and same prob...with other tools like big blue button its possible - here obviously not. Hope chris answers - still guessing.

[@mixdownonline]

The SECRET ingredient here is to use a VPN service on one of your computers and not the other so this way the system thinks both computers are not on the same network :-)

[@dtsrecordingstudio2431]

If you purchase VST Connect Pro, not just SE, then it will allow you to connect to another computer on the same network.

[@sizzahan]

@@dtsrecordingstudio2431 Thanks Chris, i will have to try that with the vpn. ...**DTS, I have tried to connect using Connect Pro, it somehow connected only once. could never get it to connect again. Think i might have had the VPN on by accident. Never been able to connect the puters again.

[@KreativeKendreneOfficial876]

Great Video Thank You All

[@mixdownonline]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@foxproduction4554]

Hello Chris, recently I bought a new SSL2 soundcard and tried to connect with another pc with vst performer, I have tried many ways I spend 4 hours trying but after I figure it out and connect with the cubase 10 now Iv got another problem, the singer when he sings on the performer (while recording only) get his voice back like echo of 1 sec.....can you tell me how to fix that or what are the right settings for my ssl2? thanks a lot!!!

[@FaridRoland]

Awesome 👏

[@ramonloro3786]

Really good video ! Seems you must to know the performer in advance and then link but, Is there any possibility on the vst connector to chat with unknow performers? Thanks chris.

[@mixdownonline]

No, this tool is designed for online collaboration with a performer you know.

[@pauetetee]

Thanks !!

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome!

[@bobdarwin]

Very cool explanation video! Only thing I didn't understand: when you recorded the accoustic guitar of your other friend, you didn't record it on a VST Performer Track? How is this possible? Or can I take every Audio Track and have only to adjust the input of it to "Performer"?

[@1hotday1]

Chris, thankyou! I didn't realize that Get HD files was there. We made a track using just the low quality files it sent back. I have a question about cues. Should I be sending the performer the already recorded tracks using cues as the sending method? I have to say, I think this vst connect is amazing. Thanks again!

[@mixdownonline]

The only CueMix you send to the Performer is the Performer Cue created by VST Connect :-)

[@alexandertalashov8204]

One second delay in the config and you actually tested the same network environment (the local one) and, yeah, for sure it will "work smoothly", there is no wonder it will

[@barisbungybass3577]

Thank you very much. Great work. Can we record several performers at the same time?

[@mixdownonline]

With the PRO version you can record up to 16 channels at the same time, so Yes you can but the performers will have to share the same mix though

[@barisbungybass3577]

@@mixdownonline Thanks again.

[@gregorsalsa]

@@mixdownonline should they play at the same location for this ?

[@lucusgold]

Great stuff, thank you:)

[@Mr_Matrix]

Thanks a lot! 😃👏

[@chrissmets1962]

Hi chris what a beautiful explanatory video, don't need the manual anymore! got a question though when recording with my friend he can hear and play in sync, but the recording itself is not in sync I can easily slide the recording in the right position, but I don't see you do that. I can see that you are playing your recorded music in mix mode while the control room is in cue we also tried that but it always ends up in a recording with a "delay" could you give us your solution? many thanks keep up those marvelous video's !!!

[@chrissmets1962]

problem solved

[@SteveMonti]

Hey man great tutorial thank you, I must've watched 10 times and counting :) I have just bought the Connect Pro version in conjunction with Cubase 11 so I can record my mates vocals/guitars (not at the same time) during these lockdown times but I have had a few teething problems :) At around 21:00 you explain how to use third party plugins, I cannot see this window in VST Connect Pro 5.0.20. I'm trying to record his guitars and use one of my fab UAD plugins for his guitar sounds - is this possible? and would using a plugin my end cause problems ie latency ? thanks man

[@ScottSebring]

Would love to know as well.

[@djdizzy19]

Hey Chris! Have you tried the Studio Pass? Any experience with that feature?

[@realraven2000]

Looks great, I always wanted to try and use it. I guess all VST instruments + FX are only local on the sode of the performer? when recording the MIDI are any controller changes / parameter changes recorded on the studio side?

[@epicvidz7316]

Hey there, many thanks for this massively informative video!! I hope you don't mind me asking, I just got the Pro version 5.0.20.585 and at the settings , I can see the 'Set to HD' option also no 'Encryption' option. Have these become mandatory now and taken off?? Thanks so much!!

[@rodhermanson8502]

Hey Chris, awesome job on vst connect. Is it possible to record more then one session player at the same time? If so what is the limit if any? I'm looking at bass, drums and guitar at the same time.

[@luisarturorodriguez1824]

I have one doubt, Does Simon could see what you are doing in the session ?

[@dtsrecordingstudio2431]

Hey Chris! Side question...what's the font that you use in the video such as "Recording Electric Guitar1 (Right)" that reminds me of NIN's the downward spiral font. I like it. :)

[@mixdownonline]

Open Sans Condensed (Bold) :-)

[@lovemusic942]

Great video chris. So can I connect VST Connect via WIFI? Or? Thanks.

[@hansdorenstouter3813]

I guess this is not recommended (according to the manual you need at least a stabile connection with a minimum of 256 Kbps) so to avoid problem use a wired connection.

[@willt448]

Thanks for this informative video! I am using Cubase 10.5 with vst connect. I am wanting to use this as a production song writing session where I (producer/studio) and performer can both add recordings back and forth but during same connect session. It’s set up so the performer can hear my mix and record tracks. But I would also like to record tracks that the performer can listen to while keeping the connect session up. Is that possible? Thanks

[@Leo.Brodie]

Very helpful, Chris, thanks! I bought VST Connect Pro and I'm trying to figure out what minimal equipment my recording clients who are not engineer types need in order to work remotely with me. Can they avoid needing an audio interface if they get a USB microphone like the the Rode NT-USB microphone? I installed Performer on a spare laptop and connected it with Connect Pro running on my workstation with Cubase. The connection worked, but Performer doesn't recognize headphones plugged into the headphone jack, nor does it recognize a Logitech headset as an audio device it can connect to. As it is, Performer is unusable because it only plays over the built-in speakers on the laptop!

[@mixdownonline]

That's probably a configuration problem with your spare computer cause it supposed to work fine. Don't thing I can be much of help :-(

[@Leo.Brodie]

@@mixdownonline Thanks for responding! It turns out that Performer, like Cubase, needs a true audio interface, not just audio devices like USB headsets or USB microphones. It can be a simple one like the Steinberg UR12. Once you select the interface in Performer, then Performer can "see" the inputs on the device.

[@MuggerRingo]

Hello Chris - great video. Does work with recording two people at the same time or is it limited to one session only?

[@mixdownonline]

One session only but if the 2 persons you're recording are in the same room, you can recording them both in the same session. Only one monitor mix will be available though

[@GastonLemmens]

What a nice explanation Chris .When I try to establish a connection with VST-connect by clicking on the name of my friend ( in 'Friends), the message always appears: : Cannot open socket. Probably another program is already using the port. Please close all other applications and try again. But Nothing is open only Cubase. What can be the problem?

[@mixdownonline]

Never saw that before, better contact Steinberg support