Recording music professionally used to mean loading in a bunch of analog open reel 2 inch tape. The main manufacturers Ampex (Quantegy), 3M and BASF (Emtec...now RMGI) all had great products with enough differences that a band or engineer could choose the right tape for their session. 3M jumped ship first as the demand for analog tape grew smaller. Emtec shut down their production and finally Quantegy closed their doors leaving the tape purists in a tough situation. When Quantegy reorganized and started production again back in 2005 things looked good. RMG International came along with the great BASF/Emtec formulations and the market looked even better. It's hard to believe there is one tape maker currently around supplying product now that Quantegy shut down the tape lines again. RMGI tape is meeting demand for those who like analog recording. It has been a crazy road for sure getting product back out there but from what we can tell the demand is still strong, just not as huge. Hopefully ATR Magnetics will have their product available soon as well. It might be a digital world but Long Live Analog!