diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d1f49f..02a9887 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 *~
 *.c
 *so
-pyalsaaudio*
\ No newline at end of file
+pyalsaaudio*
+venv/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index e371694..282b6ff 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -6,33 +6,23 @@ log () {
     echo -e "${ORANGE}${*}${NC}"
 }
 
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+cd $DIR
 
-if [ ! -d pyalsaaudio-0.8.4/ ]; then
-    log "\n→ Downloading pyalsaaudio..."
-    wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/52/b6/44871791929d9d7e11325af0b7be711388dfeeab17147988f044a41a6d83/pyalsaaudio-0.8.4.tar.gz#md5=b46f69561bc85fc52e698b2440ca251e
-    tar xzf pyalsaaudio-0.8.4.tar.gz
-fi
-
-log "\n→ Building pyalsaaudio..."
-pushd pyalsaaudio-0.8.4/
-python2 setup.py build
-cp build/lib.*/*.so ../gum/alsaaudio.so
-rm -rf pyalsaaudio*
-popd
-
-log "\n→ Building scikits.samplerate..."
-pushd gum/scikits/samplerate
-make
-popd
+log "\n→ Creating virtualenv..."
+rm -rf venv
+virtualenv -p python2 --system-site-packages venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 log "\n→ Building fast waveform display..."
 pushd gum/fast
-make
+make clean && make
 popd
 
 log "\n→ Building fast waveform display..."
 pushd gum/fx
-make
+make clean && make
 popd
 
 log "\n✓ Build completed with success"
diff --git a/gum/lib/edit.py b/gum/lib/edit.py
index 533568f..1ada02d 100644
--- a/gum/lib/edit.py
+++ b/gum/lib/edit.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import numpy
-from scikits import samplerate
+import samplerate
 
 
 def resample(frames, ratio):
diff --git a/gum/scikits/__init__.py b/gum/scikits/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 69ce16f..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
-
-"""Patched version of https://pypi.python.org/pypi/scikits.samplerate
-
-"""
diff --git a/gum/scikits/samplerate/Makefile b/gum/scikits/samplerate/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0693fce..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/samplerate/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-all: _samplerate.so
-
-_samplerate.so: _samplerate.c
-	gcc -shared -pthread -fPIC -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing \
-            -I/usr/include/python2.5 -I/usr/include/python2.6 \
-            -I/usr/include/python2.7 \
-            -lsamplerate -o _samplerate.so _samplerate.c
-
-_samplerate.c: _samplerate.pyx
-	cython2 _samplerate.pyx
-
-clean:
-	rm -f _samplerate.so _samplerate.c
diff --git a/gum/scikits/samplerate/__init__.py b/gum/scikits/samplerate/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ed2adb..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/samplerate/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
-# Last Change: Thu Mar 26 01:00 AM 2009 J
-
-from info import __doc__
-
-from _samplerate import resample, available_convertors, src_version_str, \
-    convertor_description
-from version import version as _version
-__version__ = _version
-
-__all__ = filter(lambda s:not s.startswith('_'),dir())
-
-from numpy.testing import Tester
-
-test = Tester().test
-bench = Tester().bench
-
diff --git a/gum/scikits/samplerate/_samplerate.pyx b/gum/scikits/samplerate/_samplerate.pyx
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ad03ea..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/samplerate/_samplerate.pyx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,174 +0,0 @@
-# cython: embedsignature=True
-import numpy as np
-import warnings
-import copy
-
-cimport numpy as cnp
-cimport libc.stdlib
-cimport libc.string
-from samplerate cimport *
-
-cdef extern from *:
-    ctypedef char* const_char_ptr "const char*"
-
-cdef extern from "samplerate.h":
-    cdef struct SRC_DATA:
-        float * data_in
-        float * data_out
-        long int input_frames
-        long int output_frames
-        long int input_frames_used
-        long int output_frames_gen
-        int end_of_input
-        double src_ratio
-    ctypedef SRC_DATA SRC_DATA
-
-cdef extern from "Python.h":
-    object PyString_FromStringAndSize(char *v, int len)
-
-_CONVERTOR_TYPE = {
-        'sinc_best'         : SRC_SINC_BEST_QUALITY,
-        'sinc_medium'       : SRC_SINC_MEDIUM_QUALITY,
-        'sinc_fastest'      : SRC_SINC_FASTEST,
-        'zero_order_hold'   : SRC_ZERO_ORDER_HOLD,
-        'linear'            : SRC_LINEAR
-}
-
-def src_version_str():
-    """
-    Return version string of SRC.
-    """
-    cdef int st
-    cdef const_char_ptr b
-
-    b = src_get_version()
-    return PyString_FromStringAndSize(b, libc.string.strlen(b))
-
-def available_convertors():
-    """
-    Return the list of available convertor.
-    """
-    return _CONVERTOR_TYPE.keys()
-
-def convertor_description(type):
-    """
-    Return a detailed description of the given convertor type.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    type : str
-        resample type (see Notes).
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    descr : str
-        String describing the given convertor.
-    """
-    cdef const_char_ptr b
-
-    if not type in _CONVERTOR_TYPE.keys():
-        raise ValueError("convert type %s unrecognized" % type)
-
-    b = src_get_description(_CONVERTOR_TYPE[type])
-    return PyString_FromStringAndSize(b, libc.string.strlen(b))
-
-def resample(cnp.ndarray input, r, type, verbose=False):
-    """
-    Resample the input array using the given converter type, with a ratio r
-    (ie the resulting array will have a length ~ r * input's length).
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    input: array
-        input data
-    r: float
-        ratio
-    type: str
-        resample type (see Note)
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    output: array
-        output data, whose size is approximately r * input.size
-
-    Notes
-    -----
-    If input has rank 1, than all data are used, and are assumed to be from a
-    mono signal. If rank is 2, the number columns will be assumed to be the
-    number of channels.
-
-    The list of convertor types is available from the function
-    available_convertors.
-
-    Only sinc_*-based interpolation provide good quality; linear and
-    zero_order_hold should be avoided as much as possible, and be used only
-    when speed is critical.
-    """
-    cdef long osz, nframes, input_frames_used, output_frames_gen
-    cdef int nc, st
-
-    if input.ndim == 2:
-        nframes = input.shape[0]
-        nc = input.shape[1]
-    elif input.ndim == 1:
-        nc = 1
-        nframes = input.size
-    else:
-        raise ValueError("rank > 2 not supported yet")
-
-    if not type in _CONVERTOR_TYPE.keys():
-        raise ValueError("convert type %s unrecognized" % type)
-
-    osz  = <long>(r * nframes - 1)
-    input = np.require(input, requirements='C', dtype=np.float32)
-
-    if nc == 1:
-        st, ty, input_frames_used, output_frames_gen \
-                = _resample_mono(input, nframes, osz, r, _CONVERTOR_TYPE[type])
-    else:
-        st, ty, input_frames_used, output_frames_gen \
-                = _resample_multi_channels(input, nframes, osz, r, _CONVERTOR_TYPE[type], nc)
-    if not st == 0:
-        raise RuntimeError('Error while calling wrapper, return status is %d (should be 0)' % st)
-
-    if verbose:
-        info =  "samplerate info: "
-        info +=  "\n\t%d frames used from input" % input_frames_used
-        info += "\n\t%d frames written in output" % output_frames_gen
-
-        if not output_frames_gen == osz:
-            info += "\n\toutput has been resized from %ld to %ld" % \
-                    (osz, output_frames_gen)
-            print info
-
-    return ty
-
-cdef _resample_mono(cnp.ndarray input, long niframes, long noframes, 
-        double r, int type):
-    cdef cnp.ndarray[cnp.float32_t, ndim=1] ty
-    cdef SRC_DATA sr
-
-    ty = np.empty(noframes, dtype=np.float32, order='C')
-
-    sr.data_in = <float*>input.data
-    sr.data_out = <float*>ty.data
-    sr.input_frames = niframes
-    sr.output_frames = noframes
-    sr.src_ratio = r
-
-    return src_simple(&sr, type, 1), ty, sr.input_frames_used, sr.output_frames_gen
-
-cdef _resample_multi_channels(cnp.ndarray input, long niframes, long noframes,
-        double r, int type, int nc):
-    cdef cnp.ndarray[cnp.float32_t, ndim=2] ty
-    cdef SRC_DATA sr
-
-    ty = np.empty((noframes, nc), dtype=np.float32, order='C')
-
-    sr.data_in = <float*>input.data
-    sr.data_out = <float*>ty.data
-    sr.input_frames = niframes
-    sr.output_frames = noframes
-    sr.src_ratio = r
-
-    return src_simple(&sr, type, nc), ty, sr.input_frames_used, sr.output_frames_gen
diff --git a/gum/scikits/samplerate/info.py b/gum/scikits/samplerate/info.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c80511b..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/samplerate/info.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM THE SETUP.PY. DO NOT EDIT.
-"""Samplerate is a small python package to do high quality audio resampling for
-data in numpy arrays; IOW, it is a matlab resample replacement.
-
-Samplerate is a wrapper around the Secret Rabbit Code from Erik de Castro Lopo
-(http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/), which has high quality converters based on the
-work of J.O Smith from CCRMA (see
-http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/resample/optfir.pdf)
-"""
-# version of the python module (compatibility -> use
-# scikits.samplerate.version.version instead, to be consistent with numpy)
-from version import short_version as version
-ignore  = False
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gum/scikits/samplerate/samplerate.pxd b/gum/scikits/samplerate/samplerate.pxd
deleted file mode 100644
index c9c2cd8..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/samplerate/samplerate.pxd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# This file was generated by cycodegenlib, DO NOT EDIT
-# Generated by command /Users/david/local/bin/xml2cython.py -l samplerate -o samplerate.pxd /Users/david/local/include/samplerate.h samplerate.xml
-# Codegenlib version 0.3dev
-cdef extern from 'samplerate.h':
-	cdef enum:
-		SRC_LINEAR = 4
-		SRC_SINC_BEST_QUALITY = 0
-		SRC_SINC_FASTEST = 2
-		SRC_SINC_MEDIUM_QUALITY = 1
-		SRC_ZERO_ORDER_HOLD = 3
-	char * src_strerror(int)
-	char * src_get_name(int)
-	int src_is_valid_ratio(double)
-	cdef struct SRC_STATE_tag:
-		pass
-	ctypedef SRC_STATE_tag SRC_STATE
-	int src_set_ratio(SRC_STATE *, double)
-	void src_float_to_short_array(float *, short int *, int)
-	cdef struct SRC_DATA:
-		float * data_in
-		float * data_out
-		long int input_frames
-		long int output_frames
-		long int input_frames_used
-		long int output_frames_gen
-		int end_of_input
-		double src_ratio
-	int src_simple(SRC_DATA *, int, int)
-	int src_process(SRC_STATE *, SRC_DATA *)
-	void src_int_to_float_array(int *, float *, int)
-	SRC_STATE * src_new(int, int, int *)
-	ctypedef long int(*src_callback_t)(void *, float * *)
-	SRC_STATE * src_callback_new(src_callback_t, int, int, int *, void *)
-	SRC_STATE * src_delete(SRC_STATE *)
-	char * src_get_description(int)
-	void src_short_to_float_array(short int *, float *, int)
-	int src_reset(SRC_STATE *)
-	int src_error(SRC_STATE *)
-	char * src_get_version()
-	long int src_callback_read(SRC_STATE *, double, long int, float *)
-	void src_float_to_int_array(float *, int *, int)
diff --git a/gum/scikits/samplerate/setup.py b/gum/scikits/samplerate/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a86f8ba..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/samplerate/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import sys
-
-from numpy.distutils.core import setup, Extension
-from setuphelp import info_factory, NotFoundError
-
-def configuration(parent_package='',top_path=None):
-    from numpy.distutils.misc_util import Configuration
-    confgr = Configuration('samplerate', parent_package, top_path)
-
-    # Check that sndfile can be found and get necessary informations
-    sf_info = info_factory('samplerate', ['samplerate'], ['samplerate.h'],
-                           classname='SamplerateInfo')()
-    try:
-        sf_config = sf_info.get_info(2)
-    except NotFoundError:
-        raise NotFoundError("""\
-SRC (http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/) library not found.  Directories to search
-for the libraries can be specified in the site.cfg file, in section
-[samplerate].""")
-
-    confgr.add_extension('_samplerate', ['_samplerate.c'], extra_info=sf_config)
-    confgr.add_data_dir('tests')
-
-    return confgr
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    from numpy.distutils.core import setup
-    setup(configuration=configuration)
diff --git a/gum/scikits/samplerate/setuphelp.py b/gum/scikits/samplerate/setuphelp.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 068c392..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/samplerate/setuphelp.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from distutils import log
-
-from numpy.distutils.system_info import system_info, NotFoundError, dict_append, so_ext
-
-def info_factory(name, libnames, headers, frameworks=None, 
-                 section=None, classname=None):
-    """Create a system_info class.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-        name : str
-            name of the library
-        libnames: seq
-            list of libraries to look for
-        headers : seq
-            list of headers to look for
-        classname : str
-            name of the returned class
-        section : str
-            section name in the site.cfg
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-        a system_info-derived class with the given meta-parameters
-    """
-    if not classname:
-        classname = '%s_info' % name
-    if not section:
-        section = name
-    if not frameworks:
-        framesworks = []
-
-    class _ret(system_info):
-        def __init__(self):
-            system_info.__init__(self)
-
-        def library_extensions(self):
-            return system_info.library_extensions(self)
-
-        def calc_info(self):
-            """ Compute the informations of the library """
-            if libnames:
-                libs = self.get_libs('libraries', '')
-                if not libs:
-                    libs = libnames
-                # Look for the shared library
-                lib_dirs = self.get_lib_dirs()
-                tmp = None
-                for d in lib_dirs:
-                    tmp = self.check_libs(d, libs)
-                    if tmp is not None:
-                        info    = tmp
-                        break
-                if tmp is None:
-                    return
-
-                # Look for the header file
-                include_dirs = self.get_include_dirs()
-                inc_dir = None
-                for d in include_dirs:
-                    p = self.combine_paths(d, headers)
-                    if p:
-                        inc_dir = os.path.dirname(p[0])
-                        dict_append(info, include_dirs=[d])
-                        break
-
-                if inc_dir is None:
-                    log.info('  %s not found' % name)
-                    return
-
-                self.set_info(**info)
-            else:
-                # Look for frameworks
-                if frameworks:
-                    fargs = []
-                    for f in frameworks:
-                        p = "/System/Library/Frameworks/%s.framework" % f
-                        if os.path.exists(p):
-                            fargs.append("-framework")
-                            fargs.append(f)
-                    if fargs:
-                        self.set_info(extra_link_args=fargs)
-            return
-
-    _ret.__name__ = classname
-    _ret.section = section
-    return _ret
-
diff --git a/gum/scikits/samplerate/tests/test_regression.py b/gum/scikits/samplerate/tests/test_regression.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 78a09cb..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/samplerate/tests/test_regression.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import numpy as np
-from numpy.testing import *
-from scikits.samplerate import resample
-
-def test_mono():
-    fs = 16000.
-    fr = 8000.
-
-    f0 = 440.
-
-    # Create a small stereo audio array with dephased channel
-    x = np.sin(2 * np.pi * f0/fs * np.arange(0, 2 * fs))
-
-    # Upsampled reference
-    z_r = np.sin(2 * np.pi * f0/fr * np.arange(0, 2 * fr))
-
-    z = resample(x, fr /fs, 'sinc_best')
-
-    assert np.max(np.abs(z_r[10:-1] - z[10:])) < 1e-2
-
-def test_multi_channel():
-    fs = 16000.
-    fr = 8000.
-
-    f0 = 440.
-
-    # Create a small stereo audio array with dephased channel
-    xleft = np.sin(2 * np.pi * f0/fs * np.arange(0, 2 * fs))
-    xright = np.cos(2 * np.pi * f0/fs * np.arange(0, 2 * fs))
-    y = np.empty((xleft.size, 2), np.float)
-    y[:,0] = xleft
-    y[:,1] = xright
-
-    # Upsampled reference
-    z_rleft = np.sin(2 * np.pi * f0/fr * np.arange(0, 2 * fr))
-    z_rright = np.cos(2 * np.pi * f0/fr * np.arange(0, 2 * fr))
-    z_r = np.vstack((z_rleft, z_rright)).T
-
-    z = resample(y, fr /fs, 'sinc_best')
-
-    assert np.max(np.abs(z_r[100:-100] - z[100:-99])) < 1e-2
diff --git a/gum/scikits/samplerate/version.py b/gum/scikits/samplerate/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b564fc..0000000
--- a/gum/scikits/samplerate/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-short_version = '0.3.3'
-dev =False
-version = '0.3.3'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f5cd4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+samplerate
+pyalsaaudio
+flufl.enum  # enum is not included in python2
diff --git a/run b/run
index e8d5f77..e108841 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 DIRECTORY=`dirname $0`
+
+if [ -d "$DIRECTORY/venv" ]; then
+    source venv/bin/activate
+fi;
+
 PYTHONPATH=$DIRECTORY python2 $DIRECTORY/gum/run.py "$@"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0d08cd4..4e2bc85 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@
                      Extension('gum.fx._svf', ['gum/fx/_svf.c'])],
       scripts = ['gum/scripts/gum'],
       requires = ['PyGTK', 'numpy', 'pyalsaaudio (>=0.6)',
-                  'scikits.samplerate'],
-      install_requires = ['pyalsaaudio>=0.6', 'scikits.samplerate', 'numpy']
+                  'samplerate'],
+      install_requires = ['pyalsaaudio>=0.6', 'samplerate', 'numpy']
       )
diff --git a/test b/test
index 2305fbf..e68842b 100755
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 DIRECTORY=`dirname $0`
 export PYTHONPATH=$DIRECTORY:$DIRECTORY/gum:$PYTHONPATH
 
+if [ -d "$DIRECTORY/venv" ]; then
+    source venv/bin/activate
+fi;
+
 if test -z $@; then
     files=`find gum -name '*.py'`;
 else