Stickwolf, I'm very, very sorry.
The tone of the post hit me too late, I'm afraid.
I abhore/ can't stand/ detest/ am disgusted by/ shy away from and am "allergic" to that sort of arrogance.
Such is the case that I couldn't choose one of the above phrases; they all describe more or less equally how I feel.
Dang, I thought I'd completely eradicated sarcasm from my arsenal a long time ago until that slip-up.
Although I've somehow managed to remain sickeningly sweet until that post, I'm afraid you've been the victim of "cornered animal syndrome", delivered without grace or flair by yours truly.
I trust you're correct about the noises.
Almost as you've guessed, I'd checked each plug several times, but always on one very full mix.
Furthermore, as I wasn't expecting anything special sound-quality wise, I hadn't listened closely enough to spot it!
Funnily enough, I was impressed that all 10 ran glitch-free and that their preset-handling was flawless.
In my experience, this is rare!
For my next demonstration of ignorance, having only found them on VT a few days ago, I couldn't find the demo-limitation literature, so assumed reduced feature-sets.
Well, the self-dressing-down is complete.
Shaved monkey, anyone?
I wasn' sure what I'd typed, stickwolf, as I'm still scatter-brained from a
very recent blast of microwave radiation.

I sure felt uneasy, though.
FWIW (Feel free to skip!):
Everything's out of whack at the mo', even 5 new symptoms today.
I'm only good for 5 to 8 steps, and oh, sooo dizzy!
It's so funny; I try to imagine how I look with my eyes rolling and closing as I push through the day.
Unfortunately, I've just hit a new low in terms of finance, health etc.
The radiation from my monitor makes me nauseous within 5 minutes every time I use it, and I suspect my endless hours of Unicorn-time this last winter has cost me more than 5 half-dead toes, blurry vision and tingly fingers.

Never having been a "headache" person, I'm a little alarmed that the same one I had for 5 years when I had HPV in my brain seems to have returned last night, too.
Crikey, it's all happening!
I've probably pushed waay too hard.
It's just me in a big house & yard, so by the time I'm done with the domestic stuff, I'm gone.
It may be an idea for me to do a "Shooshie" and back right off.
I'll visit whenever I can, 'cause I love this place.
Thank you too, Mike, for showing encouragement when I deserved a dressing-down.
Yup, thanks for allowing me the 24-hour post cycle to wake up and smell the coffee.
I'm sorry for the long post. It's thoroughness is an indication of my disgust with myself.

You could look at it this way; what's a minute's reading compared to 2 hours of monkey angst and pain?
Fairdinkum, I love all Unicorns and look forward to the day when only this love is apparent.
Cheers, fellas.
M