King’s College London Vocaloid Society (KCLVS) is a student-led university organisation focused on vocal synthesizers/Vocaloid culture, the first of its kind in London. Its mission is to build a community for all university-aged enthusiasts of vocal synthesis technology, along with its spin-off subculture, as well as producers, artists, and academics in the field. We welcome everyone at our society, no matter whether you're a long-time enthusiast or completely new to the culture!
Check out our website for links to our social media pages with the latest news on our events, our Discord chat for hanging out online, our society's very own Hatsune Miku design, as well as a calendar for all of our events! Email us at kclvocaloid@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Special events/perks may be offered to our members (those will be conveyed via email), but membership/affiliation with King's is by no means necessary for becoming part of our community!
WE ARE HOSTING AN AFTERNOON ACADEMIC SYMPOSIUM ON 2 SEPTEMBER 2026! Details: https://kcl-vocaloid.github.io/vocal-synth-symposium/
External students, you can get involved with our society by joining our FREE weekly events (announced on Instagram starting from late September) and our community chats!
If you're not a current student at KCL and plan on coming to our weekly events, YOU MUST FILL IN THE SIGN-UP FORM HERE TWO DAYS BEFORE EACH EVENT EVERY WEEK (so we can submit a list of attendees to KCL):
https://forms.gle/BE3jDYZm9xZ4hP4e7
In the 2025-26 academic year:
- We were recognised as a Gold Society by the Student Union
- We have had weekly socials during the teaching periods (occurring every Friday; anyone can come for FREE with no need to purchase a membership)
- We collaborated with both other KCL societies and external university societies/organisations to bring in the biggest Vocaloid-related events to university students in London for the first time ever ^-^
If you’re new to Vocaloid:
Developed by Yamaha in the 2000s, Vocaloid™ is a brand of musical voice synthesis software that can “sing” when users input lyrics and melody, using pre-recorded voice samples (known as a voice bank). The characters created to promote these softwares (most famously Hatsune Miku) quickly gained popularity and grew beyond the software itself, and inspired a global, fan-driven culture of music, art, and creativity. Today, “Vocaloid” is often used as an umbrella term for the wider spin-off fandom of all vocal synthesis software, even those not under the Vocaloid™ brand.