I’m trying to edit a video but whenever I try to cut away silent audio parts, they are shown to me as audio peaks instead of silence (See enclosed screenshot)
Shotcut Version 18.06.02
Known bug and issue.
Press F5 to reload clip.
The visual defect does not carry over to export.
Fixed for next release coming out soon.
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OMG Thanks! you are my hero for today!! 
You’re welcome. 
Version 18.03 works well for what you are doing.
You can download that version here: https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut/releases/tag/v18.03
Or you can find it by going here: https://shotcut.org/download/ then scrolling down to “Older versions are available for download.”