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Request: ability to select time windows within SortingAnalyzers

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Python
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Description

We are working on linking units across sortings, and as there is always some unit instability over time, we've found that this requires comparing the waveform properties from the end of one recording with those from the beginning of the next recording, particularly for continuous recordings where we're sorting a day at a time.

We'd therefore like to be able to specify template extraction and potentially other metrics limited to specific windows within a sorting as a SortingAnalyzer feature so that users can do the matching across datasets.

I think this could be broadly helpful and will be a more and more important feature as people move toward longer recordings.

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Research direction

Start by locating the SortingAnalyzer implementation and its template extraction and metric entry points. Clarify how users should specify windows within a sorting, then define the expected behavior for comparing the end of one recording with the beginning of the next and identify tests covering continuous recordings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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