How to view 'stereo' vs 'mono' in GarageBand 10.0.2?

How to view 'stereo' vs 'mono' in GarageBand 10.0.2?
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Tjed wrote:
Could that have something to do with why I got no sound out of the external monitors (speaker)?
it's possible, if for instance the track was set to channel 1 (mono) and you were sending a signal on channel 2 (or any other channel your interface might offer), but you may want to start a new thread with this issue providing all background info for it

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