i am more an audio guy and i can do this in most audio software, so i'm hoping it is also possible in vegas.

i have a 10 minute piece with many video clips.

it is a music performance, so the music is often consistent, while i move video clips around (i.e. shot of guitar, then shot of crowd, but you still hear the guitar)

i got to the point where the video was basically done.

but i now realize i can cut out a minute of the piece.

so i cut that minute out, hoping i could grab all the clip to the right, and move them over to attach them to the clips on the left, removing the blank space i created when deleting the 1 minute of unnecessary footage.

for example, in the ten minute piece, you take away minute 4, and merge minutes 1-3 with minutes 5-10 to get a 9 minute piece.

ok,, now, i think the best way to move them over is select all the relevant clips and group them, so i can easily slide them over.

but that's not so easy because of the insane amount of clips i have.

many of them are tiny clips sitting on top of other clips, etc.

it's very possible i wouldn't find them all.

is there a way to just select all the clips starting at a certain point??

i realize i can select all, but how about selecting all, starting at minute 5?

i also realize i could just render the whole thing and then cut out the unwanted minute of material, but then i wouldn't have the various clips to work with, when merging the two sections.

and i need to drag them out to create a fade in/out experience in the video, but not the audio.

that would be impossible if i render it out first.

so rendering is not an option.

besides, i want to learn how to select an entire area of clips because it will be necessary more often.

in my audio software all i have to is hold down the ALT key and drag over the clips i want to select.

vegas doesn't seem to do that with ALT or DEL.

i can make it LOOK like it's selected...because the area turns a dark color, but then i can't right click and create a group...thus it is not actually selecting the clips.

i hope this is clear.

thanx in advance, this forum is great!

:)