Demos of my Studio Electronics Omega Code 8 with eight Arp2600 and eight CS80 filters



Studio Electronics Omega Code 8 demos

Studio Electronics Code 8 CS80 filter demo

A little different from the ones posted from other people. I mix in the High Pass filter halfway through, with resonance on max. Not unlike the Andromeda's 12db filter in sound in some ways 

Studio Electronics Code 8 CS80 filter

Studio Electronics Omega  Code8 Filter demo

A dual Sawtooth sequence 
Order of filters - Moog, Arp2600, CS80, SEM LPF, SEM BPF, SEM HPF, SEM Band reject
then CS80 with it's High pass filter engaged and tweaked.

Then more normal playing with the filters in the same order more or less

Polyphonic video demo here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uXq9jProtw

Studio Electronics Code 8 filter demo - Mini, Arp2600, CS80, SEM

A little shootout between the standard Mini 24db low pass filter and the optional Arp2600 24db low pass filter.A single oscillator sawtooth + sub-oscillator used hereThe Mini filter is a bit smooth and tame for high resonance sounds. I much prefer the Arp2600 filter, and should have come as standard for a better all round 24db low pass filter IMO


Shades of Juno106 with ARP2600 filter :)


Studio Electronics CODE8 - Mini vs Arp2600 filter

Putting the Studio Electronics Code 8 and CS80 filter through it's paces, along with testing Sonar X1 to see if it will become my preferred DAW + Sequencer
Code 8 defintely has a big sound....Sonar X1's sequencing seems pretty robust and nice as well

No compression or EQ used.


SE Code8 CS80 filter TEST

Someone requested a solo Arp2600 filter demo on the Code 8
here it is - there is some delay added, just to make it less boring

Single sawtooth, legato and glide some VCO2 to filter crossmodulation, sub-oscillator, then dual sawtooth

Soundcloud processing makes it a bit fuzzy - 24 bit original file download available

Studio Electronics Code 8 Arp2600 filter demo

An interesting patch the previous owner of my Code 8 programmed using the CS80 filter

Me likes! I think it's safe to say this sound is unique to the Code 8 :)

SE Code8 reso CS80 plonk sound

And here is the Code 8's Sub-oscillator vs the Pulse wave.
SubOSC first, pulse next and then PWM. Arp2600 filter used

You can hear that the sub-osc is a truer square wave, and sounds thicker....

Download the 24bit file to hear it without the Soundcloud fuzz!

SE Code8 SubOSC Pulse PWM Arp2600 Filter

Using the CS80 filters off course :)
Although I think, technically they're Yamaha GX1 filters....

High pass filter cranked to max resonance to give a nice saturation to the low end, a bit like transformers?  :p

SE Code8 CS80 RichBrass

All three are patched into a Speck Xtramix CXI line mixer.

Surprised how much depth and class the humble Sony effects unit has!
I haven't heard too many native VST effects plugins that can sound like this....
Although the Speck Xtramix does colour the sound and add a little extra warmth :)

Mostly the Code 8 as source using the Arp filter as source, but I layer the XV5080 at the end

Sony HR-MP5 demo with SE Code8 and XV5080

A little Studio Electronics Code 8 multimode test using 3 sounds on different midi channels, all with CS80 filters.
Trying out the freeware SEQ24 pattern sequencer, and I then played over the top of it
Straight into my Audio interface, and I added some reverb. Nothing else done
Mutlimode seemed to work well, but there are some bugs when you set the number of voices for each part... the last polyphonic part just wouldn't retain it's 6 voice seting, it kept reverting to 5 voices on the display everytime I came back to it for some reason.
But the Code 8 was using the voice, even if the display said otherwise

The Alesis Andromeda when using the 12db filter doesn't sound a whole lot different to this Code 8 CS80 filter :)


SE Code8 CS80 Filter MultiMode Test

The more aggressive side of the Omega Code 8 :)

It tends be more Hi Fi sounding synth, so it takes some effort to make it gnarly.
I changed filter types throughout, and went from poly to, dual unison to 4 voice unison

SE Code8 Cross mod and Filter FM

Last jam I did before I sold my Code 8, with a Oberheim SEM style patch

It will be missed....

Drums + Code8 jam with SEM type sound

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