so I recorded myself singing a song I like, synced it up to the instrumental, and played it back. it sounded fine in audacity, but once exported it turned into a distorted, peaking mess. so I did another take, farther away from my mic this time, and had the same problem.
I turned “show clipping” on, but that only shows a few short spots where i kinda expected to be peaking the mic a bit, while on the exported file, practically the entire second half of the song is distorted and awful. i’m at a loss for what to do now.
since my recording came out a bit quiet, but it would definitely be peaking if i got any closer to the mic or sang any louder, i turned the gain up on my vocals to +6.0dB, and the instrumental down to -6.0dB. i’m not sure if this matters, but i figured i’d toss it in there in case it does.