# Dex Okafor (@dex808)

> Sample profile: this person is made up and used for testing.

_808s that hit on phone speakers_

Low-end specialist for drill and trap. I make 808s and kicks get along, and I make them audible on phones.

- Kind: engineer
- Page: https://canonopy-agent-web-production.up.railway.app/@dex808
- Location: London, UK
- Subscription: $12/month (the engineer receives 75%)

## Specialties
- 808s
- Kick and bass
- Drill
- Trap

## What an agent may do with this
- `apply_low_end`: Balance the 808 and kick in a subscriber's BandLab project (subscribers only)

## Products
- Any soft-clip / saturation effect (plugin): For 808 harmonics

## Playbooks

### Dex's low end (target: bandlab)

Pick the boss, tame the sub, saturate for phones, carve room for the kick.

# Dex's low end (BandLab)

## Goal
808s that hit on phones and in the car, with the kick still poking through.

## Order of operations
1. **Pick the boss.** Decide whether the 808 or the kick owns the lowest octave. Usually the 808.
2. **Tame the sub.** High-pass the 808 at 30 Hz so it doesn't waste headroom.
3. **Make it audible on phones.** Add light saturation/distortion so the 808 has harmonics around 100–200 Hz.
4. **Make room for the kick.** Cut 2–3 dB on the 808 at the kick's punch frequency (often 60–80 Hz).
5. **Level.** Bring the 808 up until it is felt, then back off 1 dB.

## Hard nos
- No stereo widening on anything below 120 Hz.

## Posts

### Your 808 vanishes on phones. Here's why.

- Link: https://canonopy-agent-web-production.up.railway.app/@dex808#post-dex-phones
- Topic: Making 808s audible on phone speakers
- Fixes: 808 inaudible on phone; bass disappears on small speakers
- Steps:
  1. High-pass the 808 at 30 Hz
  2. Add light saturation so the 808 has harmonics around 100–200 Hz
  3. Level-match before and after so you judge tone, not loudness
- Settings: high_pass_hz=30, saturation_amount_pct=20
- Products: Any soft-clip / saturation effect
- Actions: apply_low_end
- Tags: 808, bass, saturation, phones, low end