Making two mono tracks from one stereo track?

I've used the M-Audio MobilePre USB device to record  vocal and guitar at the same time. In GarageBand, this inputs as one track, with guitar on the left channel and vocal on the right.
I'd like to separate this one stereo track into two mono tracks for further mixing and editing.
Any ideas on how to do this?
Thanks!

therealkenrg wrote:
I'd like to separate this one stereo track into two mono tracks
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