Dahi, producer for Kendrick Lamar and Big Sean, demonstrates a layering approach for acoustic guitar that creates the feel of two simultaneous rhythms from a single instrument texture. Using PICKED ACOUSTIC from Native Instruments KONTAKT, he stacks parts whose rhythms counteract each other, so the combination lands as one cohesive guitar sound with more rhythmic interest.
The key insight is that the two parts don't need to play the same pattern. Letting them pull in slightly different directions gives the arrangement a natural, almost human feel.
Dahi then processes the guitars in RAUM, selecting the Cosmic preset and deciding to automate RAUM's feedback from 0% to 100% over the last phrase of each bar, so it reads as a tight slapback rather than a wash of space.