Issues with Real-time Audio Recording in Bitwig Studio via VST Transit Join

[MrSoundman]

@anarose192

attempting to perform real-time audio recording in Bitwig Studio through VST Transit Join.

Could you provide some more detail of how you have set this up?

Before investing too much time in VST Transit, note the following announcement:

Steinberg discontinues VST Transit service as of August 31, 2023

Dear customers, After many years of putting our heart, soul and hard work into VST Transit, alas, the day has come to announce that this technology will no longer be available. VST Transit is a great technology that brought musicians and producers together. However, it also required high maintenance to provide the consistently high level of service that our customers deserve, making the technology no longer economically viable in the long run. Please note that until August 31, 2023, the VST …

I don’t know whether VST Join is affected by the discontinuation of the VST Transit service, but in any case, VST Join appears to be a dead product.

Also see my post here where I attempt to understand the various VST Cloud products:

VST Cloud?

It would be nice to get Steinberg’s official stance on this, but here’s my take: VST Cloud: umbrella marketing term covering VST Connect, VST Transit and VST Join VST Connect: great product, really took off during covid and being actively developed; think of it as enabling recording in true studio style, where you’re at the mixing console (Cubase) and the artist is in the (acoustic) studio, except that space can now be anywhere with a decent internet connection. The artist does not need to hav…