David, what are you using to measure your output. There are several measurements of interest and any one of them out of spec can create an issue. There is basically the overall average level, short term level and peak levels.

I found Youlean LUFS meter a really good tool. The paid version (which was not very expensive) can be set to a particular service provider and is very easy to see where in a song an issue occurs.

The Youlean Pro version is only $37 at the moment. Youlean is a very easy chap to deal with and sends out updates quite regularly.

The free version is also excellent.

See https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/

These days I tend to use Izotope Insight but only because I have it.

Just a thought

Tony

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