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-If you intend on recording MIDI rather than manually adding notes in Atom then I recommend that you create a second instance of Atom 2 for each track.  This will be explained in more detail later on but you will use the second instance for recording and the first for triggering:
+If you intend on recording MIDI rather than manually adding notes in Atom then I recommend that you create a second instance of Atom 2 for each track. This will be explained in more detail later on but you will use the second instance for recording and the first for triggering:
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+**Edit/Note** I no longer use a second Atom instance in my workflow (see Advanced Topics section) but I have left this in case others prefer the way of working.
 ===== Initial setup =====
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 ===== Advanced Topics =====
+==== Recording MIDI ====
+To record MIDI from Atom you will need the excellent MIDI Tools app https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/midi-tools/id1446209019
+Decide where you want the recorded notes to be sent to.  This might be a new track which sends to the instrument track, or might be the instrument track itself.  When you have decided where the notes are to be recorded then ensure that the track is listening on a specific “NanoStudio 2” channel which is only used by that track.  Set the track to receive MIDI “ALWAYS”, for example:
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+Add the MIDI Route plugin **after** the Atom instance that you want to record:
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+I think by default the plugin will point to NanoStudio 2 so all you need to do is ensure that the MIDI channel that is being sent to matches the MIDI channel of the track you set up above.
+Hit record in NS2 and the output of Atom will be routed by MIDI Route to the NS2 channel and recorded into the track listening on this channel.
+If you are using an iPhone then MIDI Route is not available but you may be able to use this workaround:
+https://www.blipinteractive.co.uk/community/index.php?p=/discussion/989/how-to-record-aufx-midi-out-on-iphone
 ==== Alternative (better?) workflow ====
 Since writing the initial version of this guide I have changed my workflow so that every instrument has a control track which contains a single Atom instance - no secondary Atom instance is used for recording.  This control track does a MIDI send to the instrument track.  The control track is set up as a dummy Slate instrument - see below on how to set this up.  This lets you have a nicely numbered piano roll where the numbers match the patterns in Atom.  The instrument track is set to listen on its own MIDI port and so you can hear both the notes as played by Atom as well as an external controller.
-To record I set up a blank pattern in the control track Atom instance and loop the part of the song I want to record over.  I then open AUM and record into Helium or Atom attached to the NS2 port for the instrument I want to record for, which lets me hear exactly how the recording will sound and has the advantage of being able to hear the lead in bars for that instrument.  If you have LINK enabled in AUM/NS2 then you can set up a loop to record over in Atom/Helium and it should be in sync with NS2.  The current advantage of using Helium is that you can use the multi-take feature to try a few different ideas out.
+To record I set up a blank pattern in the control track Atom instance and loop the part of the song I want to record over.  I then open AUM and record into Helium or Atom attached to the NS2 port for the instrument I want to record for, which lets me hear exactly how the recording will sound and has the advantage of being able to hear the lead in bars for that instrument.  If you have LINK enabled in AUM/NS2 then you can set up a loop to record over in Atom/Helium and it should be in sync with NS2.  A current advantage of using Helium is that you can use the multi-take feature to try a few different ideas out.
 **Tip:** To quickly get a recording from Helium to NS2/Atom - save to the Media Bay, long press on the new MIDI clip and with your finger held down, use the other hand to navigate to the Atom instance in NS2 containing the empty pattern you set up earlier.  If you now release your finger you should see that the clip is pasted directly into the empty pattern, meaning you can avoid the need to export/import via the file system.  If the number of bars was set up correctly in Helium then the clip you imported should fit exactly into your song with no further editing required.