Audio Mixer FCP X

I have a project that I do on a regular basis. It is a dance recital where i have live sound picked up from a mic on the stage for audience participation and tap sound in my left channel.
The right channel is a direct connect to the sound board main out that is only music.
Currently I am using FCP 6. FCP 6 has a audio mixer where I can adjust the left channel and right channel independently so that I have a good mix between live sound where the tap is not too overbearing and the music. Different dances require different mixes and there may be 70 different dances. Some are 1 person tap, some are 30 peron tap. you can imagine how loud 30 tap dancers can be. Thank god for my mixer. 
  Even though my left channel may be way lower than the right channel, the Output left and right are balanced, even. I am not sure why, but I believe that my mixer treats each channel as an input. It has a master output where i am able to get the master outpus equal in volume. This has been working great.
I am now testing out FCP X and all I can see is a panner for each channel. OK, I can pan BUT I am left withwide differnce in left and right channel output levels.
I have been looking for a mixer plug in  but I cant find anything.
Anyone know of a good mixer plugin??
Thanks

DO you want a mixer or just to see both channels. If the clips are set to dual mono and you use the expand audio components function, you'll see both channels and be able to control them independently.

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