So I keep seeing ads for Phil Speiser's plugins — The Instrument, The Pattern, The Liquid — which got me exploring what other tools are out there.
I'm primarily a songwriter, and I came across iReal Pro. It's a highly rated tool and I may buy it, but what I'd really like is something that integrates with LP.
I'd love to be able to, say, bring in a song in a particular style, and then mess with it, change the chords, patterns, rhythms, voicing/orchestration. Basically, I'm an ok guitarist but I'd love to have some templates so that when I create a song I can automagically add, say, an organ pattern that fits the song's style. Like something between iReal and the loops in Logic.
Are there any other similar tools people are using? Is The Instrument worth it? Are there other templates or loop packages that are better or cheaper? Can LP's live loops mode be used like this?