This is weird...and annoying!

Hi all,
I have a very weird bug going on.
After i come back to a song that i have saved (maybe the previous day) i find that some plugins have addopted completely different settings to the ones i have saved. This can happen to any number of tracks (including none!)and any plug in (Logic and external). Audio instruments can change instrument and today i found a random synth note on a piece of audio (an acoustic guitar) that wasn't there yesterday!!
This totally undermines my feeling of safety when i save and often messes up very crafted mixes!
Has anyone experienced anything similar....is there anyone to solve my christmas headache.
regards
P
PS. v 7.1

thanks for the help. When i get to my studio i shall try all these.
The synth note thing was weird. I can excuse you for thinking it was pilot error (i thought the very same thing!). But i saved the song....it wasn't there....and when i came back to it, from the 1st play it stood out like a sore thumb....i changed nothing! Very weird. I shall keep you informed of my progress.
P

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