Mixing surround 5.1 in FCP with Revolution 5.1?

After some research today, I am starting to wonder if I could get a M-Audio Revolution 5.1 PCI card and use it to do live monitoring out of FCP. This is what I'm thinking... Set the Revolution up in the Audio MIDI Setup for 5.1 output (my first question is...does the Revolution support that kind of audio setup in the Audio MIDI Setup?) Then, in FCP5 set the audio out to 6 channels (which should be supported now with the Revolution) and set the audio tracks on the timeline to use the different channels. The output from the card would go to my 5.1 surround receiver for surround sound.
So, does this sound like it would work? In theory it should work...however that has not always been true.
Looking to your feedback,
Matthew Rogers

I don't mind as much having not having the panning because I can do that manually with multiple tracks and just mix it down for each final surround track. I have an Onkyo system (http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=HT-S570&class=Systems&p=i) with inputs for each channel. What kind of receiver are you going into to make the 5.1?
Right now I am just guessing trying to get the surround to sound correct, would be nice to not have to guess as much.
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