Anyone who has ever had contact with ASTi, and that means nearly everyone in the industry, is familiar with ASTi's Model Builder communications and sound development tool. So what's up with the Model Builder "Visual" and how is this different?

Telestra MBV is a lot more than the existing--albeit very capable-- DACS and Model Builder products glitzed up with a GUI. To use the analogy of a car: our development team has been working away on a completely brand new concept for an engine. An engine so powerful and innovative that it opens the door to a completely new level of performance. And since there is audio involved, you'll probably hear it purrrrr.

So what is this new generation of "DACS"? Enter Telestra. Many of existing customers may know our Telestra platform as ASTi's HLA, Terrain, High Fidelity HF, SATCOM and RMS product. While all these capabilities are still available to supplement your existing DACS equipment (after all there are over 2000 DACS units in the field), the Telestra product line also incorporates all the capabilities found on our popular DACS product line, and more!

Again, this is not just a visual environment make-over, but a whole range of customer-oriented sound and communications modeling, debug, testing, and monitoring tools that span the entire conceptual framework of the design, test, integration, debug and support process.

Nor are we talking about some specialized CAD drawing system that allows you to laboriously pick and place all the building blocks of your requirement into a useable configuration. We are talking about a framework that allows you to profit immediately from our vast repertoire of customer-validated solutions, creating complex solutions quickly, using the highest level components.

Coupled with the latest high-end processors and a new line of remote, compact audio and I/O devices, you have all the latest tools, power, flexibility, and distributed, digital architecture to tackle all your sound and communications simulation requirements.