Thanks for the info.
After doing some research and watching one of Darren Field's videos on midi, it looks like I could assign the fader on an external midi controller to the gobo rotate channel and control the speed of rotation that way. The issue I'm having is that the video where he describes this is an older video and the preferences menu has since changed. (video link below) He gets into this around the 16:00 mark. I'm trying to find the "MIDI and DMX patch" button that he references, but I don't see it anywhere. Can you help explain how I would do this in V8?
Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fia9BSD2VR8