Sure, lets go for this then.
I kinda made something similar. I loaded a VSTi and lowered the volume all the way down so i didnt have any audio feedback from it but left the click from cubase playing. So i hit record and it was me against the click, the only thing besides the click you could hear in the booth was the sound of my fingers against the pads (AKAI controoler). No suprise: notes were recorded earlier than they should.