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> What's the deal with 
> user seqs vs voice seqs? User pattern bank vs voice pattern bank?

See page 39 of the manual for a discussion of the user patterns and
page 90 to see a graphic of the pattern banks. Each patch has it's own
sequencer pattern (voice pattern) but there is also a pool of 128 user
patterns that can be accessed in the "sel&norm" or "sel&shift" modes.

From page 39:

"During Pattern Select Play, you can trigger more than
one Step Sequencer pattern from the keyboard. Each
pattern is assigned to a different key. For Pattern Select
Play, the Keyboard Mode parameter (VOICE
ARPEGGIO/SEQ menu) must be set to either
"sel&norm" or "sel&shift"."

This allows selecting different melodic patterns in real time just
like you can on a Roland-style groovebox. It's a little complex to
actually use this feature however!!! 

1. Set a split point
2. Playing key C1 will start the sequencer playing the pattern
programmed into the patch (voice pattern). 
3. Playing key C#1 will select whatever user pattern was programmed
into the patch.
4. Playing D1 will play the NEXT user pattern above the one programmed
into the patch.
5. Playing keys above D1 will sleect user patterns in ascending
numerical order until you either reach the split point or you hit the
last user pattern.
6. While each patch's voice pattern is unique all patches share the
user patterns.

Example:

--> Program patches A and B in "sel&norm" mode with split at C2.
--> Program patch A to use user pattern #1.
--> Program patch B to use user pattern #4.

If you select patch A you can trigger the following patterns by
playing these keys:

C1 -> patch A voice pattern
C#1 -> user pattern 1
D1 -> user pattern 2
D#1 -> user pattern 3
E1 -> user pattern 4
F1 -> user pattern 5
F#1 -> user pattern 6
G1 -> user pattern 7
G#1 -> user pattern 8
A1 -> user pattern 9
A#1 -> user pattern 10
B1 -> user pattern 11


If you select patch B you will trigger the following patterns by
playing these keys:

C1 -> patch B voice pattern
C#1 -> user pattern 4
D1 -> user pattern 5
D#1 -> user pattern 6
E1 -> user pattern 7
F1 -> user pattern 8
F#1 -> user pattern 9
G1 -> user pattern 10
G#1 -> user pattern 11
A1 -> user pattern 12
A#1 -> user pattern 13
B1 -> user pattern 14

Patch A and B both share user patterns 4-11.

As you can see using the user patterns requires carefully organizing
them in the user bank since they can only be accessed in numerical order. 

Does this make any more sense?