Punk:
1) nope sorry. speeds are played back as recorded. if you need different speeds create different scenes of the same thing but at different speeds. sorry.
2) What channel mode profile are you using? for beam output best bet is to use Generic RGB profiles.
Macky: take a look at this pic.
simply check the box and add a fade time in the section to the right. And the scene will fade in according to the fade time. This works best will single step scenes. Kinda tricky with scenes with multiple steps.
Hope this helps you both.
Sincerely,