Record Audio in Stereo?

I use quicktime to record the sermons at our church. I plug a RCA-1/4" cable into the Record Out on our soundboard, then from there that plugs into the M-Audio Fast Track (USB audio interface) and then the fast track is plugged into my MacBook.. I open QuickTime (7.6.3) and if I select the FastTrack as my audio input (labeled Microphone in QT) it will send the audio to quicktime, BUT its only in Mono..
What I have been doing to get stereo is opening garage band, selecting the input as the fast track, setting the output as SoundFlower(16ch) and then making the quicktime microphone SoundFlower (16ch) which then makes the audio stereo.. this is a long process and is pretty stupid.. is there a way to get a stereo audio feed to record from the FastTrack directly to QT?

Does setting the input in System Preferences-Sound work/help? (Input tab set to the Fast Track.)

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