While I think other factors do influence a "drier" beer, like sulfate levels and even pH does make things seems crisper and drier, it is proven that lower mash pH ultimately favors beta and increases the rate of the reaction. I have no issues getting under 1.010, usually about 1.007-8 on my saisons with 30m mash. There are some animals out there mashing just 15m… If you are determined to hit really low I suppose longer would be something to do but in the end I think both short and long will yield good and very similar results. I started with 90m on my saison and then tried 60m, and then finally caved and did 30m and never saw a problem.
OP, take a look at your crush. I’ve found that the crush was critical (very fine, no more than .030”) when I started dialing my process in with short mash times. The studying I did reveled that more exposed starch the more readily it begins to convert/faster/better conversion.