Got the same situation with a Mankey this morning . That was the first one I ' ve encountered in the wild . <| sep |> Raising gazorpazorp is actually one of my favorite episodes of the whole show . Sure , all of the sexist jokes give it too much of a futurama vibe and I ' m not the biggest fan of that , but the parts with morty jr . and how it leads up to the beautiful punchline in the end credits scene is great . <| sep |> No he isn ' t but that is the religion . I don ' t follow that cult nor do I ever wish to and Rael knows that . Rael is a wealth of information for me at this point . Rael awakened me , not my friend and he ' s not in any cult he ' s as he would say not one to be tied down lol <| sep |> Here you go ! <| sep |> A decent microphone should have a lifespan longer than 7 years . I don ' t know off the top of my head how the ME 66 is polarized if it is an electret condenser , you could expect some level loss over long spans 15 years or so but high budget studios the world over still use microphones built in the 50 s 60 s . The first thing I ' d check is to see if you can see any visible damage to the microphone , including oxidization or crust on the contacts in the battery compartment . If you do , try scraping it off toke sure you are getting good contact with the battery . After that , I ' d try popping it open to see if you can see any damaged capacitors or other signs of damage to the electronics . If there ' s no visible damage , try plugging it into something that can provide phantom power externally and check for level . If it still does not work , you could see if you can find someone with other K 6 compatible modules to see if it is the ME or the K module that is not functioning . If it ' s still not working , it may need a trip to the tech