5.1 Meters in Mixer

Question about the individual track meters in the Multitrack workspace as well as in the Mixer.
I've set up a 5.1 mix using the 5.1 template. Eack clip in the multitrack view is a mono stem, and they are panned accordingly. Why do the corresponding meters displayed for each track as well as the corresponding meters in the Mixer display as 2-channel? Shouldn't they display as single channel meters just like any other mono track? Are they simply displaying as dual-mono? Am I missing a setting?
Thanks.

I believe that template defaults to Stereo audio tracks feeding to the 5.1 Master.  Audition allows you to drop audio files of any channelization on an audio track, so in this case you have a mono audio clip on a stereo track, which will be treated for mixing and effects as dual mono.  You could add Mono Audio tracks which would give you the metering you expect, but you might get unexpected results from stereo effects if you were to add them to the Track Effects Rack.

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