I used to be a big fan of The Cure, a British mope rock band from the 80’s and 90’s, but I moved on to cheerier tunes when my outlook on life improved. Still, their old songs are a big part of my music education, and I still hear their influence in my music. “To Wish Impossible Things” was a depressing breakup song on their 1991 “Wish” album, and I learned how to play it when I was a teenager from the tablature songbook that I borrowed from a friend. These days I like to play the song with a swing feel, which makes it considerably more upbeat than the original droning Eeyore ballad.
Anyway, the MOD Dwarf has a looper plugin, and I have wanted to play with a looper ever since I saw Chet Atkins perform Jam Man live in 1997. “To Wish Impossible Things” has a lot of potential for layering, as all Cure songs do, so I thought it would be a good tune for my first adventure with SooperLooper.
The video shows how I tweaked the SooperLooper pedalboard, but I made further changes after that clip was recorded. Here is a screenshot of the final pedalboard, which also included a stereo panner, tremolo, and delay that I could switch off and on by foot switch:
Towards the end of the recording the MOD Dwarf locked up. Obviously that could be a major concern if it happened during a live performance. In all of my practicing for this video I don’t remember it locking up, but it would sometimes get in a state where it wouldn’t record the first sample and I would have to reboot it. Not sure if it’s user error or a software glitch, but I suspect the problem is in SooperLooper.
I also wanted a looper that could allow for a bridge in the song, like in Jam Man, but I don’t think this one can do that. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Info and Stats
- Production dates: 25 February 2023
- Video editing by Johann: https://www.youtube.com/@skulltoastanimations
- Equipment:
- Guitar: Ibanez AM53
- Effects Pedal: MOD Dwarf Founders Edition
- Interface: Behringer Xenyx 1204USB
- Behringer Ultra-DI DI400P
- Software:
- Dragonfly Plate Reverb
- TAP: tremolo, Stereo Echo
- MOD: Mixer Stereo, Stereo Gain
- GxSupersonic
- Ardour 7.2
- x42-plugins: parametric equalizer, dynamic compressor, digital peak limiter
- Total tracks: 1
Sanderson 
You missed half of the story, Dad. The video was not made just for fun. It was also for my filmmaking class in high school under the assignment “music video”. I did the filming, I edited the video, and I got full points when I turned it in to my teacher.
LikeLike
Ah, yes! An important part of the story. Thanks for all your help.
LikeLike
OK, I edited the post above with a link to your YouTube channel.
LikeLike