Export to FCP Project and have 4+ channels of audio

I am trying to export my FCP projects for archive and maintain each track of audio as an independent track once it is converted to Quicktime format.
The process I have been using is as follows: FILE>EXPORT>QUICKTIME MOVIE... but it is just mixing everything down to two channels...
Does anyone know how to export and maintain each channel of audio, creating a QuickTime movie that had 4+ channels of audio.

Hi -
For FCP 7:
Click on your timeline.
Type Command - 0 (Zero) and click on the Audio Outputs Tab.
Change the number of outputs you want, and set the track pairs up as stereo or dual mono, as you want.
Click OK, a warning dialog box will come up that you can dismiss.
On the timeline, Option-Click on each audio track right below the auto-select toggle icon, and from the drop down menu, route the track to the desired output track.
When done, export the Quicktime movie.
The only way you will verify that all the tracks are there is to either open the exported quicktime in Quicktime pro and menu Window > Show Movie Properties. You'll see the additional tracks listed there -OR- just import the exported movie back into FCP and bring it up in the Viewer, you'll see all the audio tracks.
Make sure you restore your sequence back to two channel ouput, if you want, when you are done.
Hope this helps.

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