Newbie question about recording vocals

[SwingBell]

Hi, I'm a novice singer and novice producer who was wondering about the process of recording my vocals. I know from watching vocal processing tutorials that I need to create a chain of effects to get the recorded takes to the final product, but those videos are usually from the perspective of a producer tweaking vocal files that were given to them by the artist. So my question is: when you're *recording* your vocals are you also supposed to have that chain running, so that you're hearing processed vocals in real time through the headphones as you sing? I know you need to have the vocals dry in what you actually record, but in terms of what's going on in their headphones, I didn't know if singers are actually hearing themselves with effects and processing as they sing or whether they hear just their raw vocals through the microphone. Thanks!

 

[Slouching Raymond]

I prefer to hear reverb while singing, makes it sound real.
But you can still record it clean, and experiment on treating the recording later.
I don't bother with anything more, due to being a lousy singer.

 

[bouldersoundguy]

In real life when you speak or sing, you hear the acoustic environment affect your voice. It's part of how your brain perceives it. I think it makes sense to reproduce that during the recording process, at least in monitoring. Adding a bit of slapback delay and/or reverb makes sense as long as it's not being recorded. I tend to avoid having compression on vocals in the monitor path.