Happy Synthesizers

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

Episodes

KAITO at 20

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

36 min

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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