Multi channel instument... ultrabeat

Hello,
I'm having problems with ultrabeat. In some projects it appears to work fine whilst in others i cannot get multi channel functionality out of it. Basically, I don't get that little plus and minus sign appearing on the channel strip that's used for getting different sounds out on different tracks.
Is there something simple that I'm overlooking. Some help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Sorry, my mistake!
I had selected the stereo output version of ultrabeat by accident instead of the multi output version. Can't believe it took me song long to figure it out! I knew something was amiss....

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