diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
index 35675ea..b08ccde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -19,19 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check-out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Install audio library dependencies
-      - name: Install Audio Dependencies (Ubuntu)
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y \
-              build-essential \
-              pkg-config \
-              portaudio19-dev \
-              libsndfile1-dev \
-              libsamplerate0-dev \
-              ccache
-
       - name: Install Audio Dependencies (macOS)
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
         run: |
diff --git a/libs/audio/Makefile b/libs/audio/Makefile
index af18c67..3049eb2 100644
--- a/libs/audio/Makefile
+++ b/libs/audio/Makefile
@@ -1,121 +1,167 @@
-# Makefile for audio library with full static linking
+# Makefile for audio library with intelligent dependency detection
 CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -O3 -fPIC -std=c99
 LDFLAGS = -shared -Wl,--export-dynamic
-LIBS = -lportaudio -lsndfile -lsamplerate -lpthread -lm
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s 2>/dev/null || echo Windows)
 
-# MSYS2/MinGW-w64 with full static linking
+# Function to check if a library exists
+define check_lib
+$(shell pkg-config --exists $(1) 2>/dev/null && echo "yes" || echo "no")
+endef
+
+# Function to check if a static library file exists
+define check_static_lib
+$(shell find /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /lib -name "lib$(1).a" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+endef
+
+# MSYS2/MinGW-w64 with intelligent static linking
 ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(UNAME_S)))
     CC = x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
     LIBNAME = libaudio.dll
     CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -O3 -fPIC -std=c99 -I/mingw64/include -m64
+    LDFLAGS = -shared -Wl,--export-all-symbols -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -L/mingw64/lib -m64
 
-    # Full static linking flags
-    LDFLAGS = -shared \
-              -Wl,--export-all-symbols \
-              -Wl,--whole-archive \
-              -static-libgcc \
-              -static-libstdc++ \
-              -static \
-              -L/mingw64/lib \
-              -m64
+    # Core libraries (try static first, fall back to dynamic)
+    CORE_LIBS =
+    ifneq (,$(wildcard /mingw64/lib/libportaudio.a))
+        CORE_LIBS += /mingw64/lib/libportaudio.a
+    else
+        CORE_LIBS += -lportaudio
+    endif
 
-    # Static libraries in correct order (dependencies matter!)
-    LIBS = -Wl,--start-group \
-           -lportaudio \
-           -lsndfile \
-           -lsamplerate \
-           -lFLAC \
-           -lvorbisenc \
-           -lvorbisfile \
-           -lvorbis \
-           -logg \
-           -lopus \
-           -lwinmm \
-           -lole32 \
-           -luuid \
-           -lksuser \
-           -lsetupapi \
-           -lws2_32 \
-           -ladvapi32 \
-           -luser32 \
-           -lgdi32 \
-           -lkernel32 \
-           -Wl,--end-group \
-           -Wl,--no-whole-archive
+    ifneq (,$(wildcard /mingw64/lib/libsndfile.a))
+        CORE_LIBS += /mingw64/lib/libsndfile.a
+    else
+        CORE_LIBS += -lsndfile
+    endif
 
+    ifneq (,$(wildcard /mingw64/lib/libsamplerate.a))
+        CORE_LIBS += /mingw64/lib/libsamplerate.a
+    else
+        CORE_LIBS += -lsamplerate
+    endif
+
+    # Optional codec libraries
+    CODEC_LIBS =
+    ifneq (,$(wildcard /mingw64/lib/libFLAC.a))
+        CODEC_LIBS += /mingw64/lib/libFLAC.a
+    endif
+    ifneq (,$(wildcard /mingw64/lib/libvorbisenc.a))
+        CODEC_LIBS += /mingw64/lib/libvorbisenc.a /mingw64/lib/libvorbisfile.a /mingw64/lib/libvorbis.a
+    endif
+    ifneq (,$(wildcard /mingw64/lib/libogg.a))
+        CODEC_LIBS += /mingw64/lib/libogg.a
+    endif
+
+    # System libraries
+    SYSTEM_LIBS = -lwinmm -lole32 -luuid -lksuser -lsetupapi -lws2_32
+
+    LIBS = $(CORE_LIBS) $(CODEC_LIBS) $(SYSTEM_LIBS)
     OBJ_EXT = .o
 
-else ifneq (,$(findstring Windows,$(UNAME_S)))
-    # Windows with MSVC (alternative approach)
-    CC = cl
-    LIBNAME = libaudio.dll
-    CFLAGS = /O2 /W3 /MD /TC /DSTATIC_LINK
-    LDFLAGS = /DLL /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT
-    LIBS = portaudio_static.lib libsndfile_static.lib libsamplerate_static.lib \
-           winmm.lib ole32.lib uuid.lib setupapi.lib ws2_32.lib
-    OBJ_EXT = .obj
-
 else ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
-    # macOS with static linking
+    # macOS
     LIBNAME = libaudio.dylib
     CFLAGS += -I/usr/local/include -I/opt/homebrew/include
-    LDFLAGS = -shared -undefined dynamic_lookup
-    LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/lib -L/opt/homebrew/lib
-    # Try static first, fall back to dynamic
-    LIBS = -Wl,-search_paths_first \
-           /usr/local/lib/libportaudio.a \
-           /usr/local/lib/libsndfile.a \
-           /usr/local/lib/libsamplerate.a \
-           -framework CoreAudio -framework AudioToolbox -framework AudioUnit \
-           -framework CoreFoundation -framework CoreServices
+    LDFLAGS = -shared -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/usr/local/lib -L/opt/homebrew/lib
+
+    # Core libraries
+    LIBS = -lportaudio -lsndfile -lsamplerate
+
+    # macOS frameworks
+    LIBS += -framework CoreAudio -framework AudioToolbox -framework AudioUnit
+    LIBS += -framework CoreFoundation -framework CoreServices
     OBJ_EXT = .o
 
 else ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
-    # Linux with static linking
+    # Linux with intelligent library detection
     LIBNAME = libaudio.so
-    LDFLAGS = -shared -static-libgcc
-    # Static link audio libraries, dynamic link system libraries
-    LIBS = -Wl,-Bstatic \
-           -lportaudio \
-           -lsndfile \
-           -lsamplerate \
-           -lFLAC \
-           -lvorbisenc \
-           -lvorbisfile \
-           -lvorbis \
-           -logg \
-           -Wl,-Bdynamic \
-           -lasound \
-           -ljack \
-           -lpulse \
-           -lpulse-simple \
-           -pthread \
-           -lm \
-           -ldl
+
+    # Check for pkg-config availability
+    PKG_CONFIG := $(shell command -v pkg-config 2> /dev/null)
+
+    # Core audio libraries (required)
+    CORE_LIBS = -lportaudio -lsndfile
+
+    # Check for libsamplerate
+    ifeq ($(call check_lib,samplerate),yes)
+        CORE_LIBS += -lsamplerate
+        CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SAMPLERATE
+    else
+        $(warning libsamplerate not found - building without sample rate conversion)
+    endif
+
+    # Audio backend libraries (optional)
+    BACKEND_LIBS =
+
+    # Check for ALSA
+    ifeq ($(call check_lib,alsa),yes)
+        BACKEND_LIBS += -lasound
+        CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ALSA
+    endif
+
+    # Check for PulseAudio
+    ifeq ($(call check_lib,libpulse),yes)
+        BACKEND_LIBS += -lpulse
+        CFLAGS += -DHAVE_PULSE
+    endif
+
+    ifeq ($(call check_lib,libpulse-simple),yes)
+        BACKEND_LIBS += -lpulse-simple
+        CFLAGS += -DHAVE_PULSE_SIMPLE
+    endif
+
+    # Check for JACK (optional)
+    ifeq ($(call check_lib,jack),yes)
+        BACKEND_LIBS += -ljack
+        CFLAGS += -DHAVE_JACK
+    endif
+
+    # Codec libraries (optional)
+    CODEC_LIBS =
+    ifeq ($(call check_lib,flac),yes)
+        CODEC_LIBS += -lFLAC
+        CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FLAC
+    endif
+
+    ifeq ($(call check_lib,vorbisenc),yes)
+        CODEC_LIBS += -lvorbisenc -lvorbisfile -lvorbis
+        CFLAGS += -DHAVE_VORBIS
+    endif
+
+    ifeq ($(call check_lib,ogg),yes)
+        CODEC_LIBS += -logg
+        CFLAGS += -DHAVE_OGG
+    endif
+
+    # System libraries
+    SYSTEM_LIBS = -lpthread -lm -ldl
+
+    # Combine all libraries
+    LIBS = $(CORE_LIBS) $(BACKEND_LIBS) $(CODEC_LIBS) $(SYSTEM_LIBS)
     OBJ_EXT = .o
 
 else
-    # Generic Unix fallback
+    # Generic Unix fallback - minimal dependencies
     LIBNAME = libaudio.so
+    LIBS = -lportaudio -lsndfile -lpthread -lm
     OBJ_EXT = .o
 endif
 
 SOURCES = $(wildcard *.c)
 
-# Object files with correct extension
+# Object files
 ifneq (,$(findstring Windows,$(UNAME_S)))
     OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.c=.obj)
 else
     OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.c=.o)
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all clean install debug check-deps static
+.PHONY: all clean install debug check-deps list-libs minimal
 
-all: $(LIBNAME)
+all: check-deps $(LIBNAME)
 
-# Main build targets
+# Build targets
 ifneq (,$(findstring Windows,$(UNAME_S)))
 $(LIBNAME): $(OBJECTS)
 	link $(LDFLAGS) /OUT:$@ $^ $(LIBS)
@@ -126,10 +172,6 @@ $(LIBNAME): $(OBJECTS)
 clean:
 	-del /Q *.obj $(LIBNAME) 2>nul || rm -f $(OBJECTS) $(LIBNAME)
 
-check-deps:
-	@echo "Checking for static libraries on Windows..."
-	@if exist "$(VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT)\installed\x64-windows-static\lib\portaudio.lib" (echo Static PortAudio found!) else (echo Static PortAudio not found!)
-
 else
 # Unix/Linux/macOS build rules
 $(LIBNAME): $(OBJECTS)
@@ -144,46 +186,74 @@ clean:
 install: $(LIBNAME)
 	sudo cp $(LIBNAME) /usr/local/lib/
 	sudo ldconfig 2>/dev/null || true
-
-check-deps:
-	@echo "Checking for static libraries..."
-	@pkg-config --exists --static portaudio-2.0 || echo "Static PortAudio not found"
-	@pkg-config --exists --static sndfile || echo "Static libsndfile not found"
-	@find /usr/local/lib /usr/lib -name "libportaudio.a" 2>/dev/null || echo "No static portaudio found"
-	@find /usr/local/lib /usr/lib -name "libsndfile.a" 2>/dev/null || echo "No static sndfile found"
-
 endif
 
-# Development target with debug symbols
-debug: CFLAGS += $(if $(findstring Windows,$(UNAME_S)),/Zi,-g -DDEBUG)
-debug: $(LIBNAME)
+# Check dependencies and show what will be used
+check-deps:
+	@echo "=== Dependency Check ==="
+	@echo "Target system: $(UNAME_S)"
+	@echo "Library name: $(LIBNAME)"
+	@echo "Compiler: $(CC)"
+ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(UNAME_S)))
+	@echo "=== MinGW Libraries ==="
+	@echo "Available static libraries:"
+	@ls /mingw64/lib/lib{portaudio,sndfile,samplerate,FLAC,vorbis*,ogg}.a 2>/dev/null || echo "None found"
+	@echo "Libraries to link: $(LIBS)"
+else ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
+	@echo "=== Linux Package Check ==="
+ifdef PKG_CONFIG
+	@echo "pkg-config available: yes"
+	@echo -n "PortAudio: "; pkg-config --exists portaudio-2.0 && echo "✓" || echo "✗"
+	@echo -n "libsndfile: "; pkg-config --exists sndfile && echo "✓" || echo "✗"
+	@echo -n "libsamplerate: "; pkg-config --exists samplerate && echo "✓" || echo "✗"
+	@echo -n "ALSA: "; pkg-config --exists alsa && echo "✓" || echo "✗"
+	@echo -n "PulseAudio: "; pkg-config --exists libpulse && echo "✓" || echo "✗"
+	@echo -n "JACK: "; pkg-config --exists jack && echo "✓" || echo "✗"
+else
+	@echo "pkg-config not available"
+endif
+	@echo "Libraries to link: $(LIBS)"
+else
+	@echo "Libraries to link: $(LIBS)"
+endif
 
-# Target to build with maximum static linking
-static: LDFLAGS += $(if $(findstring MINGW,$(UNAME_S)),-static,)
-static: $(LIBNAME)
+# Show detected libraries
+list-libs:
+	@echo "Core libraries: $(CORE_LIBS)"
+	@echo "Backend libraries: $(BACKEND_LIBS)"
+	@echo "Codec libraries: $(CODEC_LIBS)"
+	@echo "System libraries: $(SYSTEM_LIBS)"
+	@echo "All libraries: $(LIBS)"
+
+# Build with only essential libraries (fallback)
+minimal: override LIBS = -lportaudio -lsndfile -lpthread -lm
+minimal: $(LIBNAME)
+	@echo "Built minimal version with basic dependencies only"
+
+# Development target
+debug: CFLAGS += -g -DDEBUG
+debug: $(LIBNAME)
 
 # Verification target
 verify: $(LIBNAME)
 	@echo "=== Library Information ==="
-	@if [ "$(findstring MINGW,$(UNAME_S))" ]; then \
-		file $(LIBNAME); \
-		echo "=== Dependencies ==="; \
-		objdump -p $(LIBNAME) | grep "DLL Name:" || echo "No DLL dependencies (fully static)"; \
-	elif [ "$(UNAME_S)" = "Linux" ]; then \
-		file $(LIBNAME); \
-		echo "=== Dependencies ==="; \
-		ldd $(LIBNAME) 2>/dev/null || echo "No shared library dependencies"; \
-	else \
-		file $(LIBNAME); \
-	fi
+	@file $(LIBNAME)
+ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(UNAME_S)))
+	@echo "=== Dependencies ==="
+	@objdump -p $(LIBNAME) | grep "DLL Name:" | head -10 || echo "No dependencies found"
+else ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
+	@echo "=== Dependencies ==="
+	@ldd $(LIBNAME) 2>/dev/null | head -10 || echo "Static build or no dependencies"
+endif
 
 help:
 	@echo "Available targets:"
 	@echo "  all       - Build the audio library (default)"
-	@echo "  static    - Build with maximum static linking"
+	@echo "  minimal   - Build with minimal dependencies"
 	@echo "  clean     - Remove build artifacts"
 	@echo "  install   - Install library (Unix/Linux/macOS only)"
 	@echo "  debug     - Build with debug symbols"
 	@echo "  check-deps- Check for required dependencies"
+	@echo "  list-libs - Show detected library configuration"
 	@echo "  verify    - Verify built library and show dependencies"
 	@echo "  help      - Show this help message"