Music Cafe • The Heights - new dance track - also some issues with distortion/clipping

Hi all,
Just uploaded new track I'm noticing it sounds distorted/clipping on some sections where all the synths come in, particularly in the last 20 secs.
https://jmtee.bandcamp.com/track/the-heights
Let me know if you have any suggestions, my few thoughts are:
I used Kickstart plugin to to sidechain compression of bass and all synths to the Kick track - will experiment with turning this off and see if it helps
I mastered it with Izotope Ozone and wondering if the Limiter plugin or the Stereo Imager plugin is creating some distortion/clipping, although on the Master in Reaper the meter peaks at -1 DB
I've been noticing this subtle distortion/clipping in parts of a number of tracks I've done so thinking it's something in my mixing (too many competing instruments in certain frequencies, the sidechain compression - although I don't seem to hear the clipping until after mastering stage, or the Master limiter, imager)

Please also let me know any thoughts on the track:
performance/arrangement
mix/master

Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by JMTee_ — Fri Oct 04, 2024 1:10 pm — Replies 0 — Views 16

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