Even if I've recorded to a metronome, I still prefer dialling in delay time by ear. Even if you are shooting for perfection, you won't quite get there, and this helps the delay to stick out because it is not hitting the exact metronomic beats and being subject to frequency masking so much. You can also hit upon some really interesting rhythms that you may not have thought of by picking a straight or triplet division from a drop-down list.