Cover of Yazoo - Only You

Inspired by a youtube video of yazoo playing this track live, I looked to sequence this for play on the MC-808 and the Access Virus. All done in Sonar from start to finish with sounds from the Virus, drums from the MC-808. Vocals recorded with an AT2035 condenser mic.
 
This is my first vocal recording session, and first post in the songs section, and I would appreciate your feedback and any suggestions for improvement in mix/mastering.
 
thx, Ian
 
https://soundcloud.com/mystic38/only-you-feat-bethany-mcgill

That's pretty cool -I like it.

Nicely preformed and sounds really good at this end. Thanks for sharing.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Thanks all for the kind comments...
 
@ Paulo, 
thx for the comments: in the original Alison Moyet is quite in your face iirc.. so I tried to bring he vocals intentionally forward.. with comparison though I think the original has quite a bit more reverb... perhaps I could have traded some vocal level down for reverb up?..
 
@evadianepug,
thanks!.. yes there is a clap on beats 2 & 4 along with the snare.. its a stock 909 clap with a touch of reverb.
 
Bethany has a really easy voice and has very good natural pitch. I did however run the dry vocals through a Voiceworks processor to
a) add soft reverb & mild compression,
b) thicken the vocals (Voiceworks can add two programmable detuned streams to the original for more body in the vocals, and
c) a very mild 40% pitch correction (ie moves pitch by 40% of difference). In an A/B comparison its effect was only noticeable if I looked at the LED.. :) ie.. I couldn't tell..i think.
d) The harmony vocals in the chorus were also generated by Voiceworks off the same dry vocal track. I programmed a single harmony part to make Bethany a Soprano and harmonized her up a 1/3rd
e) Eq was done in the pro channel
 
This was my first "real" vocal recording job and I am sure I could have done better but to my ears the effects part of voiceworks [item a) and b) above] sounds pretty classy all by themselves.. and having harmonies being generated with a stomp of a footswitch is pretty cool... provided the vocalist doesn't burst out laughing, that is.. .. she did, so I did it afterwards...lol
 
thanks again all,
 
ian

Good cover, as noted by Paulo the vocal, which is excellent, space needs a little attention to glue it to the instruments.  Did you use a master reverb or individual verbs?
 
Thanks for sharing.

One of my all time favorites. Well done cover, great job!
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Great stuff Mystic - this is bang in the middle of my era of music growing up. Yazoo, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Kraftwerk were all reasons I took up an instrument and wanted to play the synth.