A quick but important fix.
Fixed
- Formant would install fine but close instantly on startup on machines other than the developer's. The default device configuration named specific hardware, and when none of those names matched, audio setup failed and the app exited with no window. Device resolution now falls back to the system default microphone and speakers, so a fresh install starts on any machine. Pick your real devices in the Setup tab.
- If startup ever does fail now, Formant shows a dialog explaining why and writes the reason to a log, instead of closing silently.
If you downloaded 0.3.0 (or earlier) and it closed on launch, this release fixes it.
Install
- Run Formant-0.3.1-x64.msi (it upgrades an older install in place), or unzip Formant-0.3.1-portable.zip and run formant.exe.
- To route Formant into other apps you still need a virtual audio device such as VB-CABLE (free); Formant prompts you if one is missing.
Requires Windows 10 or 11. Free software under the GNU GPL v3 or later.