Achieving an acoustic guitar recording like Sufjan Steven's Carrie And Lowell

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Hi,

So I'm in the process of a tracking a new record, I'm aiming for it to be a delicate, soft sounding and entirely acoustic kind of album. I'm very intrigued by the sound of the acoustic guitars on Sufjan Steven's, Carrie and Lowell (I can't post a link become I'm new but it's on youtube and Spotify), it sounds super tightly double tracked and I was wondering, could anybody figure out if these were recorded to a click track, or if he must just be very adept at overdubbing to his own metronome free playing?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks!
 
Most likely both and then cut up and time aligned....pretty common these days
 
He has the two parts hard-panned apart, which helps cover up some timing errors.

On the title track, the digital percussion suggests it was probably done to a click.

And I think one of those guitars might be a banjo.
 
VomitHatSteve said:
He has the two parts hard-panned apart, which helps cover up some timing errors.

On the title track, the digital percussion suggests it was probably done to a click.

And I think one of those guitars might be a banjo.
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Cheers! I thought that too. I'm forever trying to achieve a balance between a natural sounding performance and a really tight performance, I'll seek out some new techniques! Thanks for your insight.
 
The way the guitars are recorded/mixed... makes them sound kinda low-fi.
 
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