Routings issues with Groups and FX tracks

Cubase
1

Hey Cubase community,
I can’t figure this out and would really appreciate some hints.

Open empty project
Add group channel
Add FX channel
I can route the FX channel to the group channel.

Open empty project
Add FX channel
Add group channel (just in the inverted order as above)
I can’t route the FX channel to the group. The group channel doesn’t show up as a possible output.

My goal is ::
Audio1 out to Group1
Audio1 send to FX1
FX1 to Group1
Audio2 Input set to Group1.
Record Audio1 +FX1 on Audio2 via Group1

I’ve done this for years and years with cubase 9.5 …
just upgraded, and I can’t get it to work.

Also in case 1, even I manage to route the FX track to the group.
If then I create an audio track, I can’t get either option (FX track or Group track) as an input.

I know there are restrictions to avoid feedback loops, but nothing seems to work in my case…
This seems so basic, and after searching for quite a bit I didn’t get to find proper answer to this.
Thanks for any info that could help me solve this.
Cheers

2

Make sure the group channel does not have a send to the FX channel. That would prevent you from routing it to the group channel.

3

Checked at a friend’s studio and he wouldn’t have the same problem.
I made a full preferences reset + unchecked the “automatically connect sends when you create a new audio track”… that last one may have tricked me.
Thx

4

I’ve been experiencing the same issues recently. This information was very helpful.