Sonic

Sonics are a category of tricks in which the fingerslot transfer of a pass or fingerswitch is fully accompanied by a conical charge. They often, but not always, end in a different slot than the one they started in. Sonics are among the most versatile and common tricks as they are compatible with almost any style and easily integrate with and hybridize with other trick families. They are also a rich source to use as a diversifying tool as they range from being simple to complex and extremely difficult, with more variations yet to be discovered especially in the field of xpxh.

Variations

Sonic

The baseline Sonic is a fundamental trick that consists of two fingerswitches between three separate slots, while performing one complete conical charge spin.

The Inverse Sonic is mechanically the same, but doing it standalone usually includes a total of 2.0 rotations as opposed to only 1.0 rotations in non-Inverse variations. This is due to spinners holding the pen in the same starting position for both tricks despite there being 0.5 rotations of difference in the starting positions if one were to perform them one-to-one. Thus, the initial 0.5 rotations are to achieve the starting position of the Inverse Sonic, 1.0 rotations are performed for the fundamental mechanic, and the final 0.5 rotations bring the ending position of the Inverse Sonic to that of the non-Inverse variations.

Pass-based Sonic

These variations transfer fingerslots using a pass. The most common trick of this variation is the Twisted Sonic which is notated as such: Charge 23 ~ Pass Rev 23-12 ~ Charge 12.

Demon's Sonic

The Demon's Sonic (or Demon Sonic) is a baseline Sonic interrupted with a Twisted Sonic. It is not a specific Sonic variation but rather denotes one specific linkage with the following notation: Sonic 34-24 ~ Twisted Sonic 24-12. Modifiers are almost never used (e.g. Mirrored Demon's Sonic) as those links are often notated in full.

Interrupting a Twisted Sonic with a baseline Sonic yields the Angel's Sonic (or Angel Sonic), but this name is rarely referenced. It is notated as such: Twisted Sonic 34-13 ~ Sonic 13-12.

East Sonic

These variations transfer fingerslots using a fingerswitch but differ from the baseline Sonic as the fingers on the extremities never hold the pen at the same time.