Nope. Sorry can't do it. I'm with 740 here, it's click or I'm not working on it.
You guys don't do edits? Must like dirty tracks with punch-ins that are obvious? How about amp noise in between parts? Recording a heavy band with high-gain and they have a lot of stop-start riffs...guess you'll just let those go because, fuck editing and producing something...? What about when you do about 10 takes of a part and the drummer finally nails everything BUT two hits on the fill at the very end and there's no way he can nail it again? Just...fuck it? Wow...
When it comes to the sound, I don't know about you guys but I want my projects to have a professional sound. Which
includes having tight tracks. The mix obviously is a big part of how you get more work, but if I was looking for a place to record and track after track that I can check out for examples of the guy's work there were timing mistakes...I wouldn't book with him. That tells me he doesn't care about the client. Regardless of the mixing quality, I would
want an engineer to stop me if there is a part that is off, or him take it upon himself to edit it to be correct, if possible without any negative side-effects. But I guess you can call me crazy... Again, using a click doesn't affect how the songs sound, if you think otherwise you need to get off your high horse. If it sounds good without one, it'll sound that much better with one. Something that is off
stands out because it's
off. It will stick out like a sore thumb. It is unpleasant to hear stuff that is off. Sounds unprofessional to boot.
Say what you want, but let's just leave it at: you do it how you want, I'll do it how I want. Only, the projects I do will sound a lot tighter
~006