Patent ID: 8321043

Claim:
A simulation apparatus comprising: an existing sound generator simulation part that simulates a sound generation characteristic of an existing sound generator and that provides a simulation result; a virtual sound generator simulation part that simulates a sound generation characteristic of a virtual sound generator and that provides a simulation result; an existing sound generator measurement part that measures the sound generation characteristic of the existing sound generator when the existing sound generator actually generates a sound and that provides a measurement result; a difference data generation part that compares the simulation result of the existing sound generator with the simulation result of the virtual sound generator, and that generates difference data representing a difference between the simulation result of the existing sound generator and the simulation result of the virtual sound generator; and a characteristic correction part that corrects the measurement result of the existing sound generator based on the difference data, and that generates virtual sound generator prediction data representing the sound generation characteristic of the virtual sound generator according to the corrected measurement result of the existing sound generator.