Happy Synthesizers
A podcast exploring the music and subculture surrounding vocal synthesizers, including VOCALOID, Synthesizer V, UTAU, and more!
Episodes

Feb 21, 2026
Feb 21, 2026
35 min
Two decades of the Bestest Blue Boy, where has the time gone?
Transcripts: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19qqx33FvvujT9F7DpicuLGAbKqbpZNDl/view?usp=sharing
Sources + song list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JnoNjCXh-AwuQp8X3NFnV8YxMio11-J2/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109882383577879267781&rtpof=true&sd=true
Links to social media + other listening platforms: https://linktr.ee/happysynthesizers

Jan 16, 2026

Nov 26, 2025
Nov 26, 2025
34 min
Part two of my list of favourite songs for every Vocaloid character ever!
Transcript + song links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QdpJASsCAmMNb1AQmStvsV3BhUb7v7ME/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109882383577879267781&rtpof=true&sd=true
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXuYEBV0tq6E7ybbRLiOCItn5AQ29mMS5

Oct 19, 2025
Oct 19, 2025
25 min
There are more Vocaloid voicebanks out there than even I knew about, I didn't think this through.
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zn5fZgzBr6oiTVc6BFliuL5GBNxqeCEo/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109882383577879267781&rtpof=true&sd=true
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXuYEBV0tq6EonS2m9jm0WRzRQvtJUwLA

Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
23 min
A deep dive into the history of Otomachi Una, the cutest singer to ever be themed around a weird little fish.
Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18_hqWtTynojBeSkhXpNQ0tx7zwXgzPSf/view?usp=drive_link
Sources doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u0werA3oZvECrZjVFwXDZo6YA2j6YWoV/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109882383577879267781&rtpof=true&sd=true
Other links: https://linktr.ee/happysynthesizers

Jul 16, 2025
Jul 16, 2025
31 min
Visual artist and longtime Vocaloid fan Aphelion IC and I sat down for a chat about our favourite singing robots, and the best-designed characters among them.
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1th8Lf1DPj6van-DqzV_alBY42IMnid2R/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109882383577879267781&rtpof=true&sd=true
Links: https://linktr.ee/happysynthesizers

Jun 16, 2025
Jun 16, 2025
56 min
I sat down with GraySlate, AKA AssBackwards-P, to talk about growing up in the world of vocalsynth, Jinriki UTAU best practises, and the great Goro Majima.
Transcript + sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mbS3iZaoPgbwoDqsg41KBGcltH-169Vh/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109882383577879267781&rtpof=true&sd=true

Jun 8, 2025
Jun 8, 2025
34 min
I sat down with Kiyoteru Lofe Adlez Dystopia to talk UTAU, fandom engagement, and Hiyama Kiyoteru.
Transcript: https://linktr.ee/happysynthesizers
Other links: https://linktr.ee/happysynthesizers

May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025
23 min
A look at the meteoric rise of Kanaria, one of the hottest vocalsynth creators of the last five years.
Transcripts and sources (I've linked a LOT of good covers in the sources doc this time, so please check it out!): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/148Vk_tQlzHmXM6JnTMy-PX8195AVRSas?usp=drive_link
Social media: https://linktr.ee/happysynthesizers
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May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025
1hr 11 sec
I sat down with Spanish translator GoldScans for a chat about the ins and outs of navigating lyrical meaning across three wildly different languages.
Transcript: https://www.patreon.com/c/HappySynthesizers
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