{"schema":"canopy.agent-profile/v1","handle":"dex808","url":"https://canonopy-agent-web-production.up.railway.app/@dex808","kind":"engineer","sample":true,"name":"Dex Okafor","tagline":"808s that hit on phone speakers","bio":"Low-end specialist for drill and trap. I make 808s and kicks get along, and I make them audible on phones.","location":"London, UK","specialties":["808s","Kick and bass","Drill","Trap"],"links":[],"products":[{"name":"Any soft-clip / saturation effect","kind":"plugin","note":"For 808 harmonics"}],"playbooks":[{"id":"dex-low-end-bandlab","title":"Dex's low end","target":"bandlab","summary":"Pick the boss, tame the sub, saturate for phones, carve room for the kick.","body_md":"# Dex's low end (BandLab)\n\n## Goal\n808s that hit on phones and in the car, with the kick still poking through.\n\n## Order of operations\n1. **Pick the boss.** Decide whether the 808 or the kick owns the lowest octave. Usually the 808.\n2. **Tame the sub.** High-pass the 808 at 30 Hz so it doesn't waste headroom.\n3. **Make it audible on phones.** Add light saturation/distortion so the 808 has harmonics around 100–200 Hz.\n4. **Make room for the kick.** Cut 2–3 dB on the 808 at the kick's punch frequency (often 60–80 Hz).\n5. **Level.** Bring the 808 up until it is felt, then back off 1 dB.\n\n## Hard nos\n- No stereo widening on anything below 120 Hz.\n"}],"allowed_actions":[{"id":"apply_low_end","description":"Balance the 808 and kick in a subscriber's BandLab project","requires_subscription":true}],"subscription":{"price_monthly_usd":12,"engineer_share":0.75},"posts":[{"id":"post-dex-phones","title":"Your 808 vanishes on phones. Here's why.","url":"https://canonopy-agent-web-production.up.railway.app/@dex808#post-dex-phones","knowledge_card":{"topic":"Making 808s audible on phone speakers","problems_it_fixes":["808 inaudible on phone","bass disappears on small speakers"],"steps":["High-pass the 808 at 30 Hz","Add light saturation so the 808 has harmonics around 100–200 Hz","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"],"applicable_actions":["apply_low_end"],"tags":["808","bass","saturation","phones","low end"]}}]}