Sharon,

Glad you got the instrument definition file.   What computer program are you 
using to record your midi?  I use Cakewalk.

I pray George will be OK.

JulieMelton
visit me at
www.heart-and-music.com
Keep smiling!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 3:42 PM
Subject: News from Sharon


> Hi all!
>
> Just thought I'd let you know what's been going on lately.  I made a
> significant step forward in the music business last week!  I had to get 
> what
> is called an Instrument Definition file.  This file contains the list of
> banks, (folders), and patches, (instrument sounds on a keyboard), which 
> are
> inside the banks.  I've e-mailed back and forth with some people and
> eventually I got the file, apparently already made.  then someone from
> canada offered to call me, which he did.  He walked me through the process
> of making my computer recognize the banks and patches on my keyboard, 
> using
> that file!  Now I'm able to arrow through the banks and patches, and even
> type in the name or part of the name of a type of patch or a specific one,
> and my keyboard responds accordingly!  I think the only thing I have left 
> to
> set up, if need be, is what is called a soft synth, which should give me
> some pretty realistic orchestral sounds.  I plan to see if I can learn how
> tomorrow!  Isn't it something that we can give and get help from people 
> all
> over the world?
>
> Another thing that's happened is that, 2 Saturdays ago, my housemate 
> George,
> who is 86, I believe, but has the mind of a 1-3-year-old and has been in a
> wheelchair for some time, had a seisure.  Horror of horrors, Jose and 
> Blanca
> had to call 911!  I asked Blanca if the firemen who came said anything 
> about
> it, relating to my 911 calls.  She said no, but they checked!  For some
> reason the firemen came toward my room yelling, "hello!  Hello!" instead 
> of
> looking for the caregivers in the other direction, which I think was 
> closest
> to the front door.  I was sitting at the kitchen table, and I said hello.
> Anyway, they took George to the hospital, where they ran him through 
> tests.
> As far as I know, they still don't know what caused the seisure.  He was
> doing well, but they discovered that his hip was broken!  when I talked 
> with
> my prayer partner Phil, whose wife is a medical transcriptionist, he said
> that one's bones can be so brittle that just moving around in bed can 
> break
> the hip.  Sometimes when we think that a fall has broken it, the hip can
> actually break before the person falls!  He had to have surgery to hold 
> the
> bones in place.  Poor George doesn't seem to be happy there, which I can
> understand.  when Blanca tried to visit with him he'd say, "Never mind!" 
> He
> might come back tomorrow or Tuesday.
>
> what are all your plans for Easter?  I don't know yet what we're doing.
> We'll have a party at Daybreak, and we decided to have a bunny gift
> exchange.  I drew the name of someone I really like.  He's a caring, fun 
> guy
> in his fourties who loves to go fishing.  I hope we can go together 
> someday.
> I think he's one of the most high-functioning members of our group.  It'll
> be fun to go Easter shopping for friends and family!
>
> Sharon
>
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