▸ Sonic UX research consultancy · Dr. KC Collins

Your Rx for UX.

Learn to love hertz with me. Evidence-based consulting for teams who want to listen differently — research-driven strategies that help you design with your ears as well as your eyes. Because when it comes to user experience, the right frequency makes all the difference.

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Good design resonates

About

Well-designed sound cuts through the noise and gets straight to the heart of your user's emotional response. With over 20 years of experience in sound and music research, SoundDr can help you realize your product's sound design, provide credibility, and get you the data you need.

I've worked with several Fortune 500 companies on sonic branding and product sound design — conducting research, writing white papers, designing experiments, and answering the big-picture questions when it comes to sound.

That work is done under NDA without exception, so you won't find client case studies here. What you can inspect instead is the method: the toolkit, the published research, and the lab prototypes. See how engagements work →

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Big-picture audio questions

Services
Six things I get asked for. Scope, timelines and how each one runs are set out on the Services page — including workshops and keynotes.
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Science-backed experiments

Design, conduct, and analyze experiments to evaluate your sonic UX.

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Rigorous user testing

Assess how your sound affects perception, behaviour, and emotion.

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Sonic strategy

Develop a coherent sonic strategy for your product or service.

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Audio identity

Guide development of audio identity, from UX sound cues to branding.

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Research translation

Review research and distill findings into stakeholder-ready insights.

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Team integration

Work with your UX, branding, and sound teams to put results into practice.

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Sonic UX research in progress

Interested in current research — or taking part in a study? I'm creating the tools and research you need.

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▸ The book · MIT Press

Sonic UX

A guide for UX researchers on what questions to ask about sound and how to investigate them — grounded in contemporary sensory science, from testing contexts to research methods.

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About SoundDr

Bio

Dr. KC Collins received a PhD in music from the University of Liverpool. She now lives in Ottawa, Canada, where she is a researcher and professor at Carleton University and runs the Sonic UX Research Lab with her grad students.

Previously she was Canada Research Chair in Interactive Audio at the University of Waterloo (2007–2017) and a member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars. She has won multiple awards for her work in sound research and published ten books on sound and music.

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Let's sync

Contact

Contact

Dr. KC Collins
School of Information Technology
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6

info@sounddr.ca · LinkedIn

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Services

  • Sonic UX Research
  • Product Sound Evaluation
  • Sonic Branding Insights
  • Strategy and Research Translation
  • Collaboration with design & audio teams
  • Workshops, training & keynotes

Scope, timelines & how it runs →