idk....its really weird

i'm relating it to just like...normal songs i have in my music folder

songs are pretty much the same volume when i play them, but somehow with reason the songs i make are much quieter than anything else...either i keep the sliders down to normal and the song is really quiet, or i turn the sliders up to make the song the same volume as everything else and the song gets distorted

its not my sound card or speakers or comp volume settings because im comparing the reason song to other songs on my computer...so its something in the software thats turned down...idk if its the default instrument volume, some setting i can change in preferences...idk :/