Soft. Instruments Keep Setting Volume at -9.1!!!

This is a problem that has been irritating me a lot recently. Every time I am using any kind of software instrument or plugin in logic, it sets the volume to -9.1db. When I adjust it, it will stay there until I start playing, then it drops it right back down. I can not understand this, it doesn't make any sense at all.
Can someone please help me?? This is ridiculous.

Hey Carter,
You have (on channel strip) automation to READ, change that to Off and it won't happen again! :o)
To have a better understanding about it, open the track automation (V)
(volume is yellow) and indicates -9.1dB in Read mode, that mean that every time you start playing you get (yes, -9.1dB) no matter what you bring at the up fader if you stop it resets to the value. Click along the tempo line to create a news dots and drag it to the time you want.
Cheers,
Jorge

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