Thank you for responding.

No I didn’t receive it, and I just looked – there’s still no YouTube reply.

I understand that if it’s not “for me” I should return it. That’s the easy part. I am wondering why it wouldn’t sound just the same for me when everything else does and always has – with lots of effects, guitars, amps… ya da ya da.

All of (is this you personally, Bill Ruppert?) Bill’s Kemper profiles for example are just fantastic and just like the videos. The Wah Formant is just crazy good!. And the “Baritone Guitar” is closer sounding to an actual cello (with volume knob swelling though) than is the Mel9 that I received, which is in stark contrast to the vids I’ve already seen online.

I just don’t get it…