Weird Slider Behavior in MainStage 3

I was in rehearsal last night using Mainstage to power sample play. Ran into a problem. I've created a patch out of a mix of three sample plug ins: two EXS sounds and 1 Kontakt sample, hence, 3 channel strips. I had set the volume sliders at various levels to get the right timbre, but while performing, those sliders would automatically change without me touching anything but keyboard keys and sustain pedal, changing the patch to an unwanted timber in mid-stream and forcing a re-set of levels after stop. Anyone have any ideas why this might be happening or if there are settings changes or other fixes I might try to correct this?
Grateful for any response,
Michael

Thanks, you 2. My contoller is an older M-Audio Keystation 61s. It had been hooked up to an older Macbook and the operation was clean. But, I've just hooked it up to a new MacBook Pro running MS 3 and the problem started. I'm wondering if this could be part of the issue:
The new laptop runs USB 3. It's supposed to be backward compatable with USB 2, which is the controller output, but the M-Audio site cautions that this may cause problems. They don't support USB 3 as of yet. In general, the hookup works - Keystation is powered, is recognized and plays all MS libraries. But now I wonder if there's a compatability problem causing the CC7 problem.
There's a way block CC7 messages in MS? I'll look into that, but if you can simply explain, I'd be grateful. Thanks.
Also, if my theory is correct, do you know of any device out there that can do a clean (sans speed boost) USB 2 to 3 Conversion inline?

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