Adobe Premiere - Set Audio Tracks Prior to Editing

WARNING! If you proceed to edit without following the next steps, your audio may not work correctly!
Select all of your imported footage From the clip menu choose "Modify > Audio Channels..." or Press Shift + G
Select "Mono" from the "Clip Channel Format" drop down
Set the "Number of Audio Clips:" to 2
Route your audio Click OK
Drag you clips into the timeline
If you get this warning, choose "Keep existing settings"

WARNING!