How to kill custom Easy Setup / Sequence Presets?

I set up some experimental Sequence Presets and Easy Setups and now want to delete them. I have tried every recommendation that I could find (details below) but they still show up in the lists. Where on earth are these things stored??
Here's what I've done:
1. Repaired disk permissions
2. In FCP, selected the Sequence Preset and pressed the Delete button.
3. Exited Final Cut Pro.
4. Trashed the preferences by deleting these files:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist
~/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/Final Cut Pro 6.0 Prefs
~/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/Final Cut Pro Obj Cache
~/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/Final Cut Pro Prof Cache
5. Emptied the Trash
6. Rebooted the computer.
7. Started Final Cut Pro.
8. The Presets/Setups are still there!! Tried to find them by name with Spotlight. Doesn't find anything. Tried to find them using the command-line Defaults program. Doesn't find anything. Looked in
/Applications/Final Cut Pro Additional Easy Setups
They are not there.
I also have Final Cut Express installed and trashed all its preferences too for good measure. But my custom settings will just not die.
All ideas welcome!

Agh auuuh agh? What a lot of coughing...
1st thing to do: What format does your camera shoot? Make your Easy Setup & Sequence Settings reflect it.
The wierd experimental formats are hiding. As a Final Cut Pro expert and official top user:

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