diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9b738af..70beeea 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
+AM_CXXFLAGS =
+AM_LDFLAGS  =  
+AM_CPPFLAGS =
+AM_CFLAGS   =
+
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 # use custom macro's in ./m4 
 
-lib_LTLIBRARIES=
-bin_PROGRAMS=
-include_HEADERS=
+# if we are building and linking to a nested copy of libcm
+if BUILD_LIBCM
+SUBDIRS      = src/libcm
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(srcdir)/src/libcm/src  -I$(srcdir)/src/libcm/src/dsp  -I$(srcdir)/src/libcm/src/vop  -I$(srcdir)/src/libcm/src/app
+AM_LDFLAGS  += -Lsrc/libcm/src
+endif
+
+# To Profile w/ gprof:
+# 1) Modify configure: ./configure --disable-shared CFLAGS="-pg"
+# 2) Run the program. ./foo
+# 3) Run gprof /libtool --mode=execute gprof ./foo
 
 # C compiler flags
 # _GNU_SOURCE - turns on GNU specific extensions and gives correct prototype for double log2(double) 
 # -Wall turn on all warnings
 # -Wno-multichar - turns off multi-character constant warnings from cmAudioFile.c
 
-
-
-AM_CPPFLAGS  = -D _GNU_SOURCE  -I.. -I$(srcdir)/src/libcm  -I$(srcdir)/src/libcm/dsp  -I$(srcdir)/src/libcm/vop  -I$(srcdir)/src/libcm/app
-AM_CPPFLAGS +=  -I$(srcdir)/src/libcmpp -I$(srcdir)/src/libcmpp/fltk -I$(srcdir)/src/tlCtl 
-AM_CFLAGS    = -Wno-multichar 
-AM_CXXFLAGS  = 
-AM_LDFLAGS   =  
-MYLIBS       = -lpthread  -lfftw3f -lfftw3 -lfltk -lX11
-CMLIBS       = src/libcm/libcm.la  src/libcmpp/libcmpp.la # autoconfig manual recommends storing direct referenes to non-3rd party libraries rather than using -L and -l
-
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -D _GNU_SOURCE  -I.. -I$(srcdir)/src/libcmpp -I$(srcdir)/src/libcmpp/fltk -I$(srcdir)/src/tlCtl 
+AM_CFLAGS   += -Wno-multichar 
 
 # debug/release switches
 if DEBUG
@@ -29,6 +34,8 @@ else
   AM_CXXFLAGS += -O3
 endif
 
+MYLIBS       = -lpthread  -lfftw3f -lfftw3 -lfltk -lX11 -lcm
+
 # NOTE: 10/25/12 The use of -Wl, -Bstatic -Wl, -Bdynamic forces linking
 # against the static version of 'libasound' and then turns dynamic linking
 # back on for the other libraries.
@@ -53,15 +60,10 @@ if OS_OSX
  AM_LDFLAGS  +=  -framework Cocoa -framework CoreAudio -framework CoreMIDI -framework Carbon -framework Accelerate
 endif
 
-include src/libcm/Makefile.am
-src_libcm_libcm_la_SOURCES   = $(cmSRC) $(cmHDR)
-include_HEADERS += $(cmHDR)
-lib_LTLIBRARIES += src/libcm/libcm.la
-
 include src/libcmpp/Makefile.am
 src_libcmpp_libcmpp_la_SOURCES = $(cmppSRC) $(cmppHDR)
-include_HEADERS                     += $(cmppHDR)
-lib_LTLIBRARIES                     += src/libcmpp/libcmpp.la
+include_HEADERS                = $(cmppHDR)
+lib_LTLIBRARIES                = src/libcmpp/libcmpp.la
 
 include src/tlCtl/Makefile.am
 src_kc_kc_SOURCES  = $(tlCtlSRC)
@@ -69,5 +71,5 @@ src_kc_kc_SOURCES  = $(tlCtlSRC)
 src_kc_kc_SOURCES += src/kc/kcMain.cpp 
 src_kc_kc_SOURCES += src/kc/kcApp.h          src/kc/kcApp.cpp 
 
-src_kc_kc_LDADD    = $(CMLIBS) $(MYLIBS)
-bin_PROGRAMS                += src/kc/kc
+src_kc_kc_LDADD    = src/libcmpp/libcmpp.la  $(MYLIBS) 
+bin_PROGRAMS       = src/kc/kc
diff --git a/build/linux/debug/build.sh b/build/linux/debug/build.sh
index b529293..5bfef5f 100755
--- a/build/linux/debug/build.sh
+++ b/build/linux/debug/build.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ cd ${curdir}
 		   --enable-debug \
 		   CFLAGS="-g -Wall" \
 		   CXXFLAGS="-g -Wall" \
-		   CPPFLAGS= \
-		   LDFLAGS= \
+		   CPPFLAGS="-I/home/kevin/src/libcm/build/linux/debug/include " \
+		   LDFLAGS="-L/home/kevin/src/libcm/build/linux/debug/lib" \
 		   LIBS=
 #		   --enable-sonicart \
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1e61188..36a201a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # this configure.ac or any of the Makefile.am files.
 #
 
-AC_INIT([kc],[1.0],[kc@larke.org])
+AC_INIT([kc],[1.0],[kl@currawongproject.org])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])                    # put aux files in build-aux
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 -Wall foreign subdir-objects]) # subdir-objects needed for non-recursive make
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/kc/kcMain.cpp])
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([clock_gettime floor memmove memset mkdir pow rint select socket
 # be sure to also set "ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4" in ./Makefile.am
 # Defines the config.h variable OS_LINUX or OS_OSX
 AX_FUNC_OS_TYPE
-
 AX_FUNC_OS_64
 
 # ac_cv_os_type is set by AX_FUNC_OS_TYPE
@@ -61,6 +60,23 @@ echo "OS='${ax_cv_os_type}'"
 AM_CONDITIONAL([OS_64],[test x"${ax_cv_os_64}" == xx86_64])
 echo "ptr width='${ax_cv_os_64}'"
 
+# check if a request has been made to build libcm
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([build_libcm],
+     [  --enable-build_libcm    libcm is included in the local source tree],
+     [case "${enableval}" in
+       yes) build_libcm=true ;;
+       no)  build_libcm=false ;;
+       *) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-build_libcm]) ;;
+     esac],[build_libcm=false])
+     
+echo "build_libcm=${build_libcm}"
+
+# check if a nested copy of libcm exists in /src/libcm
+AC_CHECK_FILE([${srcdir}/src/libcm/src/cmGlobal.h],[local_libcm=true],[local_libcm=false])
+echo "local_libcm=${local_libcm}"
+
+# set BUILD_LIBCM if a libcm build request was set and a nested copy of libcm exists
+AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_LIBCM], [test x$build_libcm = xtrue -a x$local_libcm = xtrue ])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([debug],
      [  --enable-debug    Turn on debugging],
@@ -125,6 +141,11 @@ fi
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([INC_SONICART], [test x$sonicart = xtrue])
 
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([ Makefile ])
+
+# if local nested libcm then do recursive configure into subdirs
+if test x$build_libcm = xtrue -a x$local_libcm = xtrue; then
+AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/libcm])
+fi
+
 AC_OUTPUT