Multi-clip audio editing?

Hi all,
I'm sure this is a very easy fix, but I can't figure out anything from the manual. I shoot a lot of school sports and now that I'm doing basketball indoors, the audio is generally too hot. Because I stop and start recording during time-outs or other extended periods of "no play", I get a lot of clips. When I import them, I need to tame down the volume, but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to reduce the volume on all equally at the same time. So far, I've done the first clip, then selected all of the others and pasted special attributes to them. Is this really the most efficient way to go about this. It doesnt' seem very elegant, but I am a loss for a better solution.
Any thoughts?
cheers,
Jack

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