Free simple wave editors? Handling clipping on printed waves?

So that little discussion that got started about wave editors reminded me I have to fix some clipping problems on vocal tracks of an old live off the floor recording I have that I need to fix. There is no way to get this retracked so I have to deal with the clips.
 
I do have an ANCIENT version of Wavelab on my ANCIENT PC system but I do not like firing that bugger up unless I absolutely have to (and no... I cannot transfer or update it to my good DAW).
 
I have to admit I was a little confused as to what exactly a wave editor is but I've got it now. What I think would be most useful for this specific project is the simple ability to "draw" out the clips using a "pencil tool" type scheme. I've been eyballing Izotope RX for years and really would like to own that program for other reasons but for this specific set of files I think simply being able to "draw" out the clips on the vox (and there is some clipping on the bass as well I'd like to deal with as well) would be totally fine. The clipping is VERY minimal and they are otherwise totally useable tracks (even the clipping is so slight that it has served well as a demo for years but I want to turn this into a proper release).
 
So... is there ANY type of free tool out there that has that type of "draw" correction? It could even be Linux based I guess but it might crush my Linux machine.
 
Or is there some hidden wave draw tool in Sonar I'e overlooked (or maybe Reaper has one)?
 
Oooor... can anyone recommend some good techniques within Sonar to handle the occasional printed clipping?
 
My original plan was th old - Snip around clip by a second > Zoom in on clip point > Cut out clip (creating splits within the splits) > Time stretching and X-Fading the tiny clips surround the hole > bouncing.
 
That's a lot of bullpuckery (and I think I am may be overthinking it) but just being able to draw out the bastards would be nice.
 
As always just looking to learn, save some time and maybe open up a useful discussion.
 
I do intend to buy RX at some point but I don't think that can happen this year and when it does I'd probably be better of snagging a bundle. Might be a good idea to think about a modern version of Wavelab too but I cannot justify those types of purchases until I start making some money at all this (and I'm not sure exactly what services are going to be most in demand from me when I do get going... but knowing how many crunch punk and gutter metal demos/live recordings I am likely to come across these types of correction programs seem like a good investment... but they are expeeeensive).
 
Cheers and I hope everyone is having a good day.

Hey Beeps, can check out Adobe Audition 3 and get the 3.0.1 update for it. The wave form view has a sonogram view with interesting "heal" capabilities; but if you have clipping baked into a track, you will probably only get so far with any tool out there. The heal tool is best used by straddling the problem area enough so that Audition can make a "good assumption" for what the middle should look like... works incredibly well for pops/clicks, but not tried it on clipping.

Hey Beeps, I followed the first link above and after filling it out, it issued a full set of S/Ns, so it may have been the entire CS2 Premium set (but that is indeed the package).

I always thought Wavelab was some sort of mastering suite, good to know it can handle audio editing. Has anyone ever tried Sound Forge Pro? If so, what's it like for mastering/audio editing?

Awesome thread.
 
It got me wondering about Pyro (which I own and have used for many things) and whether maybe there was a little pencil tool wave draw thingie. Just checked and alas there is not.
 
It did kind of get me thinking Pyro/Audio Creator could be a pretty decent starting shell if Cake ever did go down the whole "Wavelab" clone path. Just add some extra tools and options and it could do some light duty wave editing and proper file tagging.
 
Then again probably better to start from scratch I guess. Might be a bear wrangling with ancient code like that.

maybe set track to show gain in track-view, then zoom on the clippers and draw some gain cuts there.
(smart tool, draw button).
Me I'll just let it clip as long I don't hear anything bad.