Some DISTORTION using Adaptive Limiter

Hi there,
Wierd! Master Sound like Distortion when apply Adaptive Limiter!
AL apply after Multipressor! E'thing below Overload Peak level.. Gain Level upto 9 to get the level as loud as commercial standard!
What's wrong do u suspected on my case?

You really add 9 dB using AdL? That is too much, try to keep it under 6 dB somehow... Even better (imho) is 'my' rule of thumb: if you 'need' to add more than 3 dB, something's not quite right yet in the mix...
Alternative: assign drums and bass tracks (+rythm section, add to taste) to it's own aux, compress/adlimit that with some/much force, and make the final master compression much subtler (add perhaps only 2 dB or less with adlimiter or similar loudness maximizer plugin.)
The distortion could also come from the combination - how does it sound when you bypass MP? And how does MP sound on its' own?
regards, Erik.

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