Multi-genre Mastering Engineer tweaks everything from HipHop, Rap, RnB, Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal to House, Electronic and EDM.
My name is Dean but my friends calls me Dexy.
I am a Premium Verified Provider at SoundBetter with the following online services:
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DEXY Audio has started in 1996 within the Audio Engineering profession and with a focus on Audio Mastering. My big ideal back in the time was Bob Katz himself, whose philosophy is extremely inspiring.
In 1998 I felt ready to take on the challenge as a Mastering Engineer helping artists complete their music prior to final release. At the same time, I started my own CD production, to be able to help clients and produce their own products.
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Credits
- Claus e Vanessa
- L2U
- Jae H.A.R.
- Rockett Love
- Indie Mae
- Mark Egglestone
- 7Sundays Entertainment
- Fat Fungus
- Ellis Melillo
- Stephen Gordon
- Gordman Enterainment Studios
- Danielle
- Art&Co Holding
- David Guns
- Stash Cash
- Lenice Raquel
- Dual Fuzz
- United Survivors
- JahPete Gölles
- Cajsa Camomile
- ROSIE
- Anders Larm
- Alarmski
- Minja
- Matheus Dorber
- Lera Antipova
- Evazion
- COY Swede
- Silly Selection
- Kniva
- Telecloster
- David Cordoba
- Izak Roux
- Sonic Vagabond
- Jahman Landen
- Hugo den fete
- Fobos
- Paul Fallon
- Cajsa Frängqvist
- Pepper Ekberg
- Music by Scarlett
- Whitelove WL
- Latin Fresh
- Mr Fox Musica
- The Lost Lyricists
- Anthem Music INC
- Evan Oddissey
- J.O.Y
- Sara Sangfelt
- Punky Daftr
- Spårspring
- Dominato
- Thin Eater
- By My Side
- Chiara Music
- Kiara WL
- Diogo
- Johan Davis
- Rory Hope
- Nevez
- Cult Kaos
- Sveinman
- Ataa Productions
- 401K
- Alexandros Kilias
- SQUATTR
- Mr Ifi
- Isak Dahling
- Nicklas Öhrström
- Fia Viktorsson
- Ob Yaw
- Eric Obad
- Sommarkatten
- Morrello
- Cruz Y Gracia
- Clive Warren
- The Fawlter
- This Is Sparta
- Marcio Mirailh
- NEUROSSE
- Tearfuleyes
- The Electric Monday
- SoundEdge
- SHIP OF DOOM
- Simon Gårdh
- PUNNANY MASSIF
- Emelie Ehnberg
- Brannco
- Taisi Cunha
- Vini Netto
- Way.C
- KrillLLeM
- The Gyro
- Miklo & Tusenfalk
- Robert Nilsson
- Porte Supremo
- Orkun Tuzel
- Skinny Elefanter
- Lanice Raquel
- 77 Njam Njam
- Ante Lide Najs
- Los Vil Johnnys
- Toviga Love
- Ninja
- Basti
- Odd Vibez
- RKL
- Körkarln
- Pureness Yardis
- Rene Morris
- Cherizko
- ML Young
- Ayoba
- Godhate
- Tony Freed
- Simon Moholt
- Tjallbakken
- Mr. Green
- Maharajah
- Himmelsgräns
- Simon Moholt & Zoe Ofilie
- Zoe Ofilie
- Kjartan Gaulfossen
- Paul Bernard
- Emly
- Peter Gölles
- Carl Höljer
- Callebas
- Banka Bäver
- The Organysed
- עמרי א
- Dennis Kohlen
- Janne Lundmark
- Loß
91 Reviews - 21 Repeat Clients
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I love working with this man! Very direct, sincere and collaborative. An excellent professional to level up!
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Great stuff, very helpfull and fast turnover aswell. A great experience overall!
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Time after another Dexy delivers on mixing and mastering, the reason I keep coming back. Highly recommended!
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Thank you Mr Dexy for you patient and cobration, is alway blessing working with you.
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DEXY delivered as usual high class mix and master. 5 stars is a given!
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Always a pleasure working with DEXY! Easy communication and willing to work until both parties are happy!
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He's my go-to mastering engineer, great to work with him once again.
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What can I say. Not the first time working with DEXY, and for a good reason. Both co-operation and result is top notch. Mixing + mastering. Highly recommended.
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Amazing! Better than expected, DEXY knows what he is doing for real!!
Dexy & Cult Kaos <3
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Another fantastic Job done by Dexy. Dexy took my song to another level. I initially contacted him to master my song, but the mixing has low quality. He took his time to advise me on what to do to improve my sound quality. At the end of the day he took the initiatives to mix my song to reach its potential. I highly recommend him for your job. He has a lot of patience and always striving to get high sound quality
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Another fantastic Job done by Dexy. Dexy has good ears for details, he is patient, he knows his job very well and he made a good mastering for my song. I highly recommend him for your projects. I will definitely keep on coming back to him to give my songs a professional touch
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Dexy was really helpful and communicative throughout the mastering process. He answered all questions and was a good collaborator
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As usual a great work (mixing and mastering) by Dexy. Quick and professional.
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Great to work with and , teaches along the way of process
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He's my go-to guy for all mixing projects. Professional, attentive and skilled.
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I keep coming back to Dexy. Always giving tipps for improvement and very easy to work with! Great master engineer he is!
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Dexy did a nice work on Mixing and mastering my project. Gave tipps along the way also. Recommend.
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Great experience! The work was quick and easy, DEXY understood my ideas perfectly and helped me to create a high-level work. I will come back to work with him for new projects.
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DEXY is great at what he does, and great to work with. I am always 100% happy with his work - both mixing and mastering.
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Sir Dexy was quite fast in responding and mastering. Good communication and answered kindly to questions. Did a great work!
Interview with DEXY Mastering
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I had the honor to do Mastering work on "Rockett Love" (AOR rock band) and their first single Mixed by none less than Beau Hill (Europe, Ratt, Winger, Alice Cooper). It was a real pleasure to do a mastering after such a good mixing engineer!
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: None mentioned, none forgotten...
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Bob Katz, when you can afford it.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: HYBRID, then both techniques has advantages and should be combined. I prefer analogue and thereafter rounded off digitally.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Your mix will always sound better or excellent after finishing the mastering!
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The most exciting is the variety and challenges to live up to client expectations.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: How many revisions can I get? A reasonable number unless the mix does not need to be revised.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: How much headroom should I leave before mastering? ... then some of the entire track normalizes down to -3 to -6 dB peak level. It's more complicated than that. Previous unit for the program LOUDNESS was RMS, the new name is LUFS. Easily explained; a mastering engineers need to know how much DYNAMIC space is left in the mix! Waht should I do? Control the entire audio file graphically, searches for individual peaks that interfere with the mix to normalize, leveling the mix to its maximum preserving original dynamics, measures LOUDNES (needs to be between -18 to -24 LUFS or dB RMS).
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Any specific requirements or expectations and when to be completed? Do you have a reference track to attach in order to match the sound?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: I am here for you, try to communicate honestly and openly, be realistic, let me help you.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Laptop, solarcharger, mobileinternet, headphones, gaslighter.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Electronics and music I have been engaged since 1986 by building own amplifiers, EQ's, Echo-machines with more. 1996 I started with mixing and mastering, enjoining until today.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Enter The Dragon:-)
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I would like to work with Joe Lynn Turner, the old man beats the shit until today.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Music production is a chain of processes: playing instruments, recording, sound design, editing, mixing and final mastering. All these separate steps must be done with love and sacrifice then affect the final product. Can not you make a pizza with bad ingredients, or?
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I prefer all music with emphasis on musical virtuosity and song dynamics. Actually, all music then I also get my part of personal development.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Trained ears, many years of experience and passion for the music.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I contribute with value-adding to my client's music and bringing out the beauty in it by: *CRITICAL LISTENING *REMOVING THE MUDD *DIAGNOSIS *PROCESSING *FINISHING A SONG
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: The most important thing is communication and understanding what the client is looking for! I am trying to be a good listener and helper in the whole process. After receiving the audio file and the list of requirements, I listen 2-3 times to the material. Then I look at the graphic image of the audio file with focus on; Distortion, clipping, limitation, compression, dynamic range, sound to noise ratio, with more ... The next step is any complement from the client or go for mastering ...
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have deliberately chosen not to make the studio to an spacecraft, but strive for a balance between equipment, studio space and the final consumer environment. My current setup, in addition to Digital Audio Workstation with retro programs and plugs, consist of very carefully selected outboard components balancing between sound quality, flexibility, operation and price level. I was looking for a mix of vintage analog tube/FET sound and high-end digital finish, in other words my own hybrid sound. Each device has special purpose and is connected in series with the possibility of intral parallel compression. I've ruled out switches, patchbays and mix summers with the simple reason for signal degradation, noise and capacitive losses in the cables.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Current musicians and bands; No mention, no one forgotten! On the other hand, there were two guiding stars that were crucial to my choice of profession, namely Bob Katz under the T.C. Electronic wings and CUTTING-ROOM with its commercial disc that came out in the mid 90's. This was a turning point ... My current influences include Mandy Parnell and Sylvia Massy, more of Girl Power in music industry.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: It is preferable to allow a third party to listen and judge the recording and mixing results. I believe in the original beauty of produced music, as well as striving to maintain its original shine without destroying the basic elements. It's like comparing to make-up, the more you spit on the face, the more distorted the natural beauty, with the exception of recordings that have gone wrong and need to be restored.
I was the Mastering Engineer in this production
- Remix on Avicii - Levels by Johan Davis feat Rory Hope
- Sweat Dreams
- Lightning (bootleg)
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- Analog+Digital=Hibryd Processing
- Record Label Audio Quality
- 100% happy client
- Fast turnaround
- Free feedback
- Free revisions
- You Name It
- Vacuum Tube Compressor
- Three Band FET Compressor
- Finalizer96K
- Vaccum Tube Equaliser
- Clarity m
- 21 Channel Scarlett
- SD-USB digital Player
- Analog Tape Recorder ...
Great price on album mixing and mastering for all clients, send your request now!
- New release Mastered by DEXYJan 14, 2024
Sand Found The Sea - Isaiah Saturn
- NEW Release Mixed and Mastered by DEXYDec 10, 2023
Thin Eater - Sideways
- Johan Davis feat Rory Hope - Levels (Avicii)May 31, 2023
NEW MASTER by DEXY!
- Mastered by DEXYOct 13, 2022
Fat Fungus - Blue skies
- New Release Mastered by DEXYJun 26, 2022
Closer feat J O Y Music Video Teaser
- Mastered by DEXYDec 27, 2021
Cajsa Frangquist - Grateful (Official Music Video)
- Mastered by DEXYDec 10, 2021
Claus e Vanessa - Never Loved feat Diima [L2U Remix]
- Remastered by DEXYNov 13, 2021
Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Part 4
- "Never Loved" Mastered by DEXYNov 06, 2021
Claus e Vanessa (RMX by L2U)
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Credits and reviews can be found on my Old Portal that unfortunately doesn’t work anymore.