diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed8fc38..5f9b9e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui
 SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 
-CXXFLAGS = -std=c++14 -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends
+CXXFLAGS = -std=c++14 -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends -I$(TINYALSA_DIR)/include
 CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wformat -O2
-LIBS =
+LIBS = -L$(TINYALSA_DIR)/lib
 
-LIBS += -lGL `pkg-config --static --libs glfw3`
+LIBS += -lGL `pkg-config --static --libs glfw3` -ltinyalsa
 
 CXXFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags glfw3`
 CFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS)
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 3666de1..df5bec3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
         name = "microsa";
         src = self;
         nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
-        propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.wayland pkgs.glfw-wayland pkgs.libffi ];
+        propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.wayland pkgs.glfw-wayland pkgs.libffi pkgs.tinyalsa ];
         preBuild = ''
           export IMGUI_DIR=${imgui_dir}
+          export TINYALSA_DIR=${pkgs.tinyalsa}
         '';
         installPhase = ''
           mkdir -p $out/bin
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index d278e21..6046c3f 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+#include <iostream>
 #include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <thread>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <atomic>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
 
@@ -10,37 +13,52 @@
 #include <imgui_impl_glfw.h>
 #include <imgui_impl_opengl3.h>
 
+#include <tinyalsa/pcm.h>
+
 static std::atomic<bool> terminate_dsp;
+
+static struct pcm* pcm;
+
 static std::mutex waterfall_data_mutex;
 static int waterfall_width = 1600;
 static int waterfall_height = 700;
 static unsigned int waterfall_data[1600*700];
 
 static void dsp_thread() {
-    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+    using namespace std::chrono;
 
-    int t = 0;
+    int frame_count = pcm_get_rate(pcm);
+    std::vector<int> frames(pcm_frames_to_bytes(pcm, frame_count)/4);
+    int total_read_count = 0;
+    std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point begin = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
     while(!terminate_dsp) {
-        t++;
+        int read_count = pcm_readi(pcm, frames.data(), frame_count);
+        total_read_count += read_count;
+        std::cout << read_count << std::endl;
         {
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(waterfall_data_mutex);
-            for(int y=0;y<waterfall_height;y++)
-                for(int x=0;x<waterfall_width;x++)
-                    waterfall_data[y*waterfall_width+x] = (x+y+t) | 0xff000000;
+            std::memmove(&waterfall_data[waterfall_width], &waterfall_data[0], 4*waterfall_width*(waterfall_height - 1));
+            for(int i=0;i<waterfall_width;i++) {
+                waterfall_data[i] = 0xff000000 | frames[2*i*read_count/waterfall_width];
+            }
         }
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(20ms);
     };
+    std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point end = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+    std::cout << "measured sample rate: " << total_read_count/((end - begin)/1s) << std::endl;
 }
 
 int main(int, char**)
 {
-    if (!glfwInit())
+    if (!glfwInit()) {
+        std::cerr << "failed to initialize GLFW" << std::endl;
         return 1;
+    }
     std::atexit(glfwTerminate);
     glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
     glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 0);
     static GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(1900, 720, "microsa", nullptr, nullptr);
     if (window == nullptr) {
+        std::cerr << "failed to create GLFW window" << std::endl;
         return 1;
     }
     static auto DestroyWindow = []() {
@@ -72,6 +90,30 @@ int main(int, char**)
     glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
     glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
 
+    const struct pcm_config config = {
+        .channels = 2,
+        .rate = 192000,
+        .period_size = 1024,
+        .period_count = 2,
+        .format = PCM_FORMAT_S32_LE,
+        .start_threshold = 1024,
+        .stop_threshold = 1024 * 2,
+        .silence_threshold = 1024 * 2,
+    };
+    pcm = pcm_open(0, 0, PCM_IN, &config);
+    if(pcm == nullptr) {
+        std::cerr << "failed to allocate memory for PCM" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    static auto PCMClose = []() {
+        pcm_close(pcm);
+    };
+    std::atexit(PCMClose);
+    if (!pcm_is_ready(pcm)){
+        std::cerr << "failed to open PCM" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     terminate_dsp = false;
     static std::thread dsp_thread_h = std::thread(dsp_thread);
     static auto TerminateDSP = []() {