British company Blackstar Amplification has long been known for its guitar amplifiers but it has more recently branched out into a range of portable instruments through its Carry-on series. The Folding Controller 49 is a wireless 49-key MIDI controller keyboard that can be folded in half for easy transport and storage. It offers a range of options for transmitting MIDI, including USB, wireless Bluetooth, and a mini-jack MIDI output. It has a built-in rechargeable battery which can be charged by USB-C for up to eight hours of playing time.
Along with the 49 velocity sensitive piano keys, the controller also has two assignable control knobs for control or parameter values, octave shift and transpose functions, transport controls for use with a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), a built-in arpeggiator, and a touch pad. When used in Pitch/Mod mode, the left half of the touchpad controls pitch and the right side controls...