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My hot tip for huge vocals (this will work insanely well on some songs - listen to the choruses of "what's the deal" currently up on myspace - and not so well on others. You always need to experiment with settings to see if it will work in any given song):

Lead vocal: straight up the middle processed to perfection (whatever that takes for that particular vocalist for that particular song)

vocal 2. The second best take (matched timing-wise as closely as possible to the lead) tucked in right behind the first but pretty heavily compressed and at a lower volume (whatever it takes to sound 'right')

Often this is where I'll leave it for the verses.

For the choruses vocal 3 and 4 panned half left and half right

and/or

5 and 6 panned hard left/right

for 3/4 I might detune one by a cent and uptune the other by another cent and/or add a soft chorus

for 5/6 if I don't add chorus to 3/4 I might insert a dimension D on each side - this really fills out the chorus and adds 'that' shimmer that you occasionally hear.