Ultrabeat Sounds as Mono Aux Objects

Hi, am using my ultrabeat as my drum machine in logic, i would like to route the kick drum to aux channel 1 for example, and to have the kick drum played in mono.
i have done this, and clicked the circle on the aux channel strip to make it a mono channel, but i don't think it is in mono as :
1. when i convert the aux channel to mono the 2 sets of l.e.d lights on the channel strip remain, instead of converting to a single strip like a mono audio channel.
2. the ultrabeat sends its sounds out of the ultrabeat as stereo pairs, does this mean i cannot make the kick drum mono?
I only want to make the kick drum mono really as i have heard it gives a fatter sound.
I would also like to make an audio instrument channel mono (for my bass) but i cannot see the button on the audio instrument channel strip to turn it into mono???
Any help would be gratfully recieved,
thanks all.

I don't use Ultrabeat, so someone correct me if I'm wrong, but since Ultrabeat sends out in pairs (3-4, 5-6, etc...), just pan your kick drum hard left, for output 3, hard right, for output 4.
As to why your Aux track is showing 2 led strips, even when turned to mono, I'm not sure. Works fine here. Do you have a stereo plug-in on the Aux channel? Try removing all plug-ins, and instrument inputs. Does it show one LED strip now?
Very few Audio Instruments allow collapsing to a mono version (that I'm aware of), some of Logic's instruments excluded. I would suggest routing the AI's output to to a mono buss. Then it will be heard in mono.

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