diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/debian/changelog purrdata-faust-0.18/debian/changelog
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/debian/changelog	2018-10-09 03:54:22.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/debian/changelog	2018-10-31 08:24:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+purrdata-faust (0.18-1) bionic; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release
+
+ -- Albert Graef <aggraef@gmail.com>  Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:24:17 +0100
+
 purrdata-faust (0.17-2) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * Latest upstream fixes
diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/debian/patches/debian-changes-0.17-2 purrdata-faust-0.18/debian/patches/debian-changes-0.17-2
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/debian/patches/debian-changes-0.17-2	2018-10-09 03:54:22.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/debian/patches/debian-changes-0.17-2	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-Description: <short summary of the patch>
- TODO: Put a short summary on the line above and replace this paragraph
- with a longer explanation of this change. Complete the meta-information
- with other relevant fields (see below for details). To make it easier, the
- information below has been extracted from the changelog. Adjust it or drop
- it.
- .
- purrdata-faust (0.17-2) bionic; urgency=medium
- .
-   * Latest upstream fixes
-Author: Albert Graef <aggraef@gmail.com>
-
----
-The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
-checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
-are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
-
-Origin: <vendor|upstream|other>, <url of original patch>
-Bug: <url in upstream bugtracker>
-Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/<bugnumber>
-Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/<bugnumber>
-Forwarded: <no|not-needed|url proving that it has been forwarded>
-Reviewed-By: <name and email of someone who approved the patch>
-Last-Update: 2018-10-09
-
---- purrdata-faust-0.17.orig/README
-+++ purrdata-faust-0.17/README
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
- pd-faust
- ========
- 
--Version 0.17, October 5, 2018
-+Version 0.17, Oktober 9, 2018
- 
- Albert Graef <aggraef@gmail.com>
- 
-@@ -365,9 +365,9 @@ object.
- .. _sclsyx: https://bitbucket.org/agraef/sclsyx
- .. _pd-smmf: https://bitbucket.org/agraef/pd-smmf
- 
--Finally, each ``faust~`` object subscribes to the following three global
--receivers which enable you to send various kinds of messages to all ``faust~``
--objects in a patch:
-+Each ``faust~`` object also subscribes to the following three global receivers
-+which enable you to send various kinds of messages to all ``faust~`` objects
-+in a patch:
- 
- * ``faustdsp`` receives arbitrary messages. This is commonly used to
-   distribute MIDI or OSC data to all Faust units in a patch, but can in fact
-@@ -383,6 +383,14 @@ objects in a patch:
-   (This is provided for backward compatibility with older pd-faust versions.
-   You can also just send a ``reload`` message to the ``faustdsp`` receiver.)
- 
-+Finally, ``faust~`` objects also *send* a message of the form ``create
-+instance`` or ``destroy instance`` to the global ``faust-notify`` receiver
-+whenever they are created and destroyed, respectively. The argument indicates
-+the instance name of the object being created or destroyed. This receiver
-+isn't used by pd-faust itself in any way, but applications may receive this
-+symbol if they need to be notified about changes in the collection of loaded
-+Faust units.
-+
- GUI Subpatches
- --------------
- 
---- purrdata-faust-0.17.orig/fdsp~.pure
-+++ purrdata-faust-0.17/fdsp~.pure
-@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
- using pdfaust;
- using namespace pdfaust;
- 
-+public create destroy;
-+
- #! --required fdsp_dsp
- fdsp_dsp name instance chan::int = catch error (k,l,fdsp with
- 
-@@ -59,8 +61,9 @@ fdsp_dsp name instance chan::int = catch
-   end);
- #! --else
-   // With the latest pd-pure, we can now just reload ourselves and be done
--  // with it.
--  fdsp reload = pd_reload;
-+  // with it. Note the extra instance argument; this is needed to keep the
-+  // variable around, which has a sentry on it to detect garbage collection.
-+  fdsp reload = pd_reload instance;
- #! --endif
- 
-   fdsp (reload _) = fdsp reload; // reload receiver
-@@ -248,8 +251,12 @@ end when
-   switch = {control_map (controls (faust_info xf!2))!"switch" | xf = xfade};
-   // Writing and recording flags.
-   writing = ref 0; recording = ref 0;
-+  // Sentry to detect that we're being garbage-collected. This must be placed
-+  // on a variable which exists for the entire lifetime of the object.
-+  sentry (notify.destroy) instance;
-   // Give some feedback that we're up and running.
-   pd_post $ sprintf "%s (%s): %d inputs, %d outputs" (instance,name,k,l);
-+  notify (create instance);
- end with
- 
-   // Convert controller symbols to the corresponding OSC pathname.
---- purrdata-faust-0.17.orig/fsynth~.pure
-+++ purrdata-faust-0.17/fsynth~.pure
-@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
- using pdfaust;
- using namespace pdfaust;
- 
-+public create destroy;
-+
- // Lexicographic order of tuples so that they can be used as dictionary keys.
- (x1,y1) < (x2,y2) = x1<x2 || x1==x2 && y1<y2;
- 
-@@ -67,8 +69,9 @@ fsynth_dsp name instance chan::int nvoic
-   end);
- #! --else
-   // With the latest pd-pure, we can now just reload ourselves and be done
--  // with it.
--  fsynth reload = pd_reload;
-+  // with it. Note the extra instance argument; this is needed to keep the
-+  // variable around, which has a sentry on it to detect garbage collection.
-+  fsynth reload = pd_reload instance;
- #! --endif
- 
-   fsynth (reload _) = fsynth reload; // reload receiver
-@@ -410,9 +413,13 @@ end when
-   active = ref 1;
-   // Writing and recording flags.
-   writing = ref 0; recording = ref 0;
-+  // Sentry to detect that we're being garbage-collected. This must be placed
-+  // on a variable which exists for the entire lifetime of the object.
-+  sentry (notify.destroy) instance;
-   // Give some feedback that we're up and running.
-   pd_post $ sprintf "%s (%s): %d inputs, %d outputs, %d voices"
-   (instance,name,k,l,nvoices);
-+  notify (create instance);
- end with
- 
-   // Convert controller symbols to the corresponding OSC pathname.
---- purrdata-faust-0.17.orig/pdfaust.pure
-+++ purrdata-faust-0.17/pdfaust.pure
-@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ let xfade = faust_init "lib/xfade" sampl
- // Handle exceptions in objects.
- error msg = pd_error_s msg $$ cst ();
- 
-+// Signal pd-faust applications about changes in the collection of Faust
-+// objects (object creation or destruction).
-+notify x = pd_send "faust-notify" x;
-+
- // Helper functions to dissect a filename.
- filename "" = "";
- filename name = join "/" $ init path +
diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/debian/patches/debian-changes-0.18-1 purrdata-faust-0.18/debian/patches/debian-changes-0.18-1
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/debian/patches/debian-changes-0.18-1	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/debian/patches/debian-changes-0.18-1	2018-10-31 08:24:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Description: <short summary of the patch>
+ TODO: Put a short summary on the line above and replace this paragraph
+ with a longer explanation of this change. Complete the meta-information
+ with other relevant fields (see below for details). To make it easier, the
+ information below has been extracted from the changelog. Adjust it or drop
+ it.
+ .
+ purrdata-faust (0.18-1) bionic; urgency=medium
+ .
+   * New upstream release
+Author: Albert Graef <aggraef@gmail.com>
+
+---
+The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
+checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
+are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
+
+Origin: <vendor|upstream|other>, <url of original patch>
+Bug: <url in upstream bugtracker>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/<bugnumber>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/<bugnumber>
+Forwarded: <no|not-needed|url proving that it has been forwarded>
+Reviewed-By: <name and email of someone who approved the patch>
+Last-Update: 2018-10-31
+
+--- purrdata-faust-0.18.orig/README
++++ purrdata-faust-0.18/README
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ pd-faust
+ ========
+ 
+-Version 0.18, October 31, 2018
++Version 0.18, Oktober 31, 2018
+ 
+ Albert Graef <aggraef@gmail.com>
+ 
diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/debian/patches/series purrdata-faust-0.18/debian/patches/series
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/debian/patches/series	2018-10-09 03:54:22.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/debian/patches/series	2018-10-31 08:24:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-debian-changes-0.17-2
+debian-changes-0.18-1
diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/fdsp~.pure purrdata-faust-0.18/fdsp~.pure
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/fdsp~.pure	2018-10-05 10:53:20.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/fdsp~.pure	2018-10-30 18:54:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 using pdfaust;
 using namespace pdfaust;
 
+public create destroy;
+
 #! --required fdsp_dsp
 fdsp_dsp name instance chan::int = catch error (k,l,fdsp with
 
@@ -59,8 +61,9 @@
   end);
 #! --else
   // With the latest pd-pure, we can now just reload ourselves and be done
-  // with it.
-  fdsp reload = pd_reload;
+  // with it. Note the extra instance argument; this is needed to keep the
+  // variable around, which has a sentry on it to detect garbage collection.
+  fdsp reload = pd_reload instance;
 #! --endif
 
   fdsp (reload _) = fdsp reload; // reload receiver
@@ -248,8 +251,12 @@
   switch = {control_map (controls (faust_info xf!2))!"switch" | xf = xfade};
   // Writing and recording flags.
   writing = ref 0; recording = ref 0;
+  // Sentry to detect that we're being garbage-collected. This must be placed
+  // on a variable which exists for the entire lifetime of the object.
+  sentry (notify.destroy) instance;
   // Give some feedback that we're up and running.
   pd_post $ sprintf "%s (%s): %d inputs, %d outputs" (instance,name,k,l);
+  notify (create instance);
 end with
 
   // Convert controller symbols to the corresponding OSC pathname.
diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/fsynth~.pure purrdata-faust-0.18/fsynth~.pure
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/fsynth~.pure	2018-10-05 10:53:20.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/fsynth~.pure	2018-10-30 18:54:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 using pdfaust;
 using namespace pdfaust;
 
+public create destroy;
+
 // Lexicographic order of tuples so that they can be used as dictionary keys.
 (x1,y1) < (x2,y2) = x1<x2 || x1==x2 && y1<y2;
 
@@ -67,8 +69,9 @@
   end);
 #! --else
   // With the latest pd-pure, we can now just reload ourselves and be done
-  // with it.
-  fsynth reload = pd_reload;
+  // with it. Note the extra instance argument; this is needed to keep the
+  // variable around, which has a sentry on it to detect garbage collection.
+  fsynth reload = pd_reload instance;
 #! --endif
 
   fsynth (reload _) = fsynth reload; // reload receiver
@@ -410,9 +413,13 @@
   active = ref 1;
   // Writing and recording flags.
   writing = ref 0; recording = ref 0;
+  // Sentry to detect that we're being garbage-collected. This must be placed
+  // on a variable which exists for the entire lifetime of the object.
+  sentry (notify.destroy) instance;
   // Give some feedback that we're up and running.
   pd_post $ sprintf "%s (%s): %d inputs, %d outputs, %d voices"
   (instance,name,k,l,nvoices);
+  notify (create instance);
 end with
 
   // Convert controller symbols to the corresponding OSC pathname.
diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/Makefile purrdata-faust-0.18/Makefile
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/Makefile	2018-10-05 10:53:20.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/Makefile	2018-10-31 07:40:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 # Package name and version:
 dist = pd-faust-$(version)
-version = 0.17
+version = 0.18
 
 DISTFILES = COPYING COPYING.LESSER Makefile Makefile.config.in Makefile.config \
 Makefile.common README TODO config.guess *.pure etc/*.el etc/*.pd \
diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/Makefile.config purrdata-faust-0.18/Makefile.config
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/Makefile.config	2018-10-05 11:21:31.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/Makefile.config	2018-10-31 07:41:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # pass the corresponding variables on the make command line.
 
 # Package version.
-version = 0.17
+version = 0.18
 
 # Try to guess the host system type.
 host = $(shell $(srcdir)/config.guess)
diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/pdfaust.pure purrdata-faust-0.18/pdfaust.pure
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/pdfaust.pure	2018-10-05 10:53:20.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/pdfaust.pure	2018-10-30 18:54:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
 // Handle exceptions in objects.
 error msg = pd_error_s msg $$ cst ();
 
+// Signal pd-faust applications about changes in the collection of Faust
+// objects (object creation or destruction).
+notify x = pd_send "faust-notify" x;
+
 // Helper functions to dissect a filename.
 filename "" = "";
 filename name = join "/" $ init path +
diff -Nru purrdata-faust-0.17/README purrdata-faust-0.18/README
--- purrdata-faust-0.17/README	2018-10-05 11:21:32.000000000 +0000
+++ purrdata-faust-0.18/README	2018-10-31 07:46:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pd-faust
 ========
 
-Version 0.17, October 5, 2018
+Version 0.18, October 31, 2018
 
 Albert Graef <aggraef@gmail.com>
 
@@ -365,9 +365,9 @@
 .. _sclsyx: https://bitbucket.org/agraef/sclsyx
 .. _pd-smmf: https://bitbucket.org/agraef/pd-smmf
 
-Finally, each ``faust~`` object subscribes to the following three global
-receivers which enable you to send various kinds of messages to all ``faust~``
-objects in a patch:
+Each ``faust~`` object also subscribes to the following three global receivers
+which enable you to send various kinds of messages to all ``faust~`` objects
+in a patch:
 
 * ``faustdsp`` receives arbitrary messages. This is commonly used to
   distribute MIDI or OSC data to all Faust units in a patch, but can in fact
@@ -383,6 +383,14 @@
   (This is provided for backward compatibility with older pd-faust versions.
   You can also just send a ``reload`` message to the ``faustdsp`` receiver.)
 
+Finally, ``faust~`` objects also *send* a message of the form ``create
+instance`` or ``destroy instance`` to the global ``faust-notify`` receiver
+whenever they are created and destroyed, respectively. The argument indicates
+the instance name of the object being created or destroyed. This receiver
+isn't used by pd-faust itself in any way, but applications may receive this
+symbol if they need to be notified about changes in the collection of loaded
+Faust units.
+
 GUI Subpatches
 --------------