Hi,
To make sure it will not happen again, we have to know what happened first.
The distant sound is caused by the Reverb plug-in (this is what Reverb does). And the distortion might be also on the Reverb.
Or it’s not a distortion. Could you try to increase your Audio Device Buffer Size, please?
Is it audible in the exported mixdown? What happens if you bypass it remove the plug-in?