Routing question with external mixer

Steinberg Hardware UR Series
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Hi,
If this question has been asked and answered before, please bear with me, this is unchartered territory for me, so I’m not sure what keywords to search for:

I just bought a Waldorf Blofeld and realise that I have run out of inputs on the UR44 (two monosynths, a mic and a guitar fx pedalboard with stereo outputs), so I believe I need an external mixer.

However as I have an external reverb unit (Strymon BigSky) I’d like to send plugins through the mixer so I can get the nice reverb (send) on them as well.

Which brings me to the core of the question:
I route output 1 and 2 on the UR44 into the mixer, then the output from the mixer into line inputs 5 and 6 on the UR44? Then I need to figure out how to set this up in Cubase, but that’s another story.

Am I understanding this correctly? Am I on the right track?

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I would suggest to use output 3&4 as send to the mixer.
So you are still able to use the main volume knob for the listening level.

Make sure that the mix 2 (or the mix you are using for the send) is not getting the mixer signal, otherwise you will produce a feedback loop.

3

Start reading… please!

4

Yes, I did that (add input and output buses in Audio Connections), and still it doesn’t work for me, which is why I ask.

EDIT: I asked this in a separate post here: I did that, but I get no bus alternative in the routing section in Mix console

5

???
Don’t know what this means. Screenshots? Audio connection windows…

6

Thanks for helping me out, these are my audio buses (in/out) and the routing section.
And, there is nothing to select (no dropdown menu or anything) in the routing section:

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7

The in and out buses need tracks to get routed to or from.
Without tracks, there is not much sense to route anything.

8

Thanks, like I said, this is completely unchartered territory for me.
I was under the impression that I could do that on the Master bus out, route first output 3 and 4 on the bus, then in the slot below in from 5 and 6.

But can I do that on a single audio track? Or do I need two separate tracks, one for out, another one for in?

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I finally got it to work:
The easiest solution was route out on 3 and 4, then in on 1 and 2 (because the mixer out had low output so some gain was needed).