Set all clip levels to 0dB in a Multitrack project?

I'm using Audition CC2014, mostly to eq and finalise audio for Premiere Pro projects... When I bring all my audio into a Multitrack project in Audition I would love to be able to set all the clips and tracks to 0dB, getting rid of any rough keyframes and levels adjustments I did in Premiere (for the rough cuts)... Is there a way to do this?
Thanks for any help.

Yes, there is a way: simply open each clip in waveform view and choose to Normalise to 0dB!  Not sure whether you can, as it were, "Batch Normalise" a group of files?
BUT, assuming you actually mean you are working in Multitrack view (which implies a number of audio clips on separate tracks but perhaps "playing simultaneously"), any balancing you have done to differentiate those clips (as per your comment re "keyframes and levels adjustment") will be lost and so will need to be redone.
Or have I misunderstood what you are asking?
Also, remember any changes made to your files in Waveform view are "destructive" - once the file is saved the "Undos" are lost.  In Multitrack view the changes are not applied directly to the actual audio file; when you Export/Mixdown a "new" file is created but I don't think that you can "normalise" a file in that view.

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