Garageband 10.0.2 MacBook Pro no Audio

Hi,
Recently upgraded my MacBook Pro to OSX Mavericks and new version of Garageband after which there is no audio, none of the meters work and although I can see regions of the audio imported to tracks there is absolutely no sound and there is no main meter on top of the front panel either.
It plays audio on the media browser though. Pro Tools works fine, Ableton works as well.
Any help please?

If I log in as a Guest everything works fine.
That suggests corrupted preferences settings in your main user account.
Try, if removing these files from your user library will help:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.garageband.plist
~/Library/Caches/garageband
If you want to try to remove the Preferences, quit GarageBand, then remove the files to a folder on the Desktop and restart the computer, before trying again to open GarageBand.
You user library may still be hidden, as is the default in Mavericks: To open your hidden user library:
Select the "Home" folder icon (the little house) in the Finder's sidebar and press the key combination ⌘J to open the "view options".
Enable "Show Library Folder".
Then open the Home folder and open the Library folder inside and navigate to the Preferences, Caches, or Containers folder. Remove the following folders completely - don't leave anything inside: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/,
~/Library/Caches/garageband
You will have to reset all preferences, after removing these files, however.

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