I know this is a very old thread, but my Axe-Edit stopped working - says "Disconnected!" all the time. I followed the instructions above from Black Bitch but with no luck. I uninstalled the USB drivers several times, and reinstalled (from a fresh download), and tried the trick to uninstall Axe-edit altogether (then install drivers, and finally reinstall axe-edit), still no joy. This last trick, however, restored the Axe as one of my available audio devices (which wasn't available before uninstalling axe-edit), but still can't use axe-edit. Oddly enough, Fractal Bot works fine. WTH? Any tips or advice? Never had a problem before... this started acting up as I was trying to get Reaper to work with my XL (still no joy on that one either, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms).
Help?!?