1. Software Pitch fader range is -+100% - while the VCI-100 knob takes it to -+8 to it's min-max. Even if I change the settings for the software pitch fader range and choose -+8 or -+10, I now can move -+0.5 or something, meaning I only control less than one tenth of the full range of the pitch fader with the VCI knob. Since I am interested in fine pitch adjustments and I am not interested in a +100 pitch change, how could I make the knob of the VCI correspond to the full range of the software pitch?
Thats is because of the way the pitch faders are mapped. Go into Preferences -> Midi Mapping. There you sort Control and search for the "Tempo" entries. For every Tempo Entry you change the Rotary Sensitivity to 100%. Now your faders should have the range you selected under preferences -> Transport.