Hi All
It always annoys me when I look something up on a forum and don’t find a final post containing an answer so I thought I would close this one down. I’ve solved the problem!
I simply disabled my PCIExpress wifi adapter and replaced it with a USB adapter instead. I can now maintain my wifi connection whilst using Cubase (and as it turned out, anything else with an audio driver!) without the pops and clicks.
This also means my Toontracks software doesn’t have a meltdown when its opened up as a vst with no connection present.
thanks to all of you who took the time to read and respond to this post.