Creating 5.1 Surround in Final Cut Pro

Hi,
So I am tyring to figure out the best way to go about building a 5.1 mix to use in a film project that will be put on BluRay.
In my current rough cut in Final Cut Pro 7, I do not have my timeline setup as 5.1 yet since all the dialogue was recorded either in 2 Channel stereo or sometimes mono.  I have several spots in the film where I am adding ambient tracks and we also have lots of musical score/songs.  All of these are also 2 channel stereo currently.
My basic understanding on how to possibly achieve a 5.1 mix would be to duplicate all the stereo tracks that I intend to use as L/R and Ls/Rs (such as songs, ambience or score) and possibly change the dialogue track from 2 ch to mono and set that as the center channel.  But I am a bit lost on how to get anything from the LFE at that point.
I also thought about possibly bringing this project into FCPx and seeing if building the 5.1 might be easier there.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Ok, I do have STP and also have Logic Pro.  I have used Logic in the past to make my own music, but never for 5.1.
So in my research it seems like I need to setup a virtualized 5.1 in Sys Prefs as a new Midi Configuration.  I also found the following items that seem like  pretty good and inexpensive route to go:
Focusrite Saffire 24 Firewire
http://www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Saffire-24-Firewire-Interface/dp/B002E2R81G/ref= sr_1_6?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1376847003&sr=1-6&keywords=M-Audio+fire wire
Logitech Z906
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Surround-Speaker-System-980-000467/dp/B004M18O60/ ref=sr_1_12?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1376849263&sr=1-12&keywords=logitech+speak ers
Thoughts?

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