Merge branch 'main' into add-RemoveBadChannel-class

Author: chrishalcrow

src/spikeinterface/benchmark/benchmark_base.py

@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ def create(cls, study_folder, datasets={}, cases={}, levels=None):
                 else:
                     analyzer = data
 
-                rec, gt_sorting = analyzer.recording, analyzer.sorting
-
             analyzers_path[key] = str(analyzer.folder.resolve())
 
             # recordings are pickled
@@ -180,7 +178,11 @@ def scan_folder(self):
             self.analyzers[key] = analyzer
             # the sorting is in memory here we take the saved one because comparisons need to pickle it later
             sorting = load(analyzer.folder / "sorting")
-            self.datasets[key] = analyzer.recording, sorting
+            if analyzer.has_recording():
+                recording = analyzer.recording
+            else:
+                recording = None
+            self.datasets[key] = recording, sorting
 
         with open(self.folder / "cases.pickle", "rb") as f:
             self.cases = pickle.load(f)

src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/maxwell.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class MaxwellRecordingExtractor(NeoBaseRecordingExtractor):
     rec_name : str, default: None
         When the file contains several recordings you need to specify the one
         you want to extract. (rec_name='rec0000').
-    install_maxwell_plugin : bool, default: False
+    install_maxwell_plugin : bool, default: True
         If True, install the maxwell plugin for neo.
     block_index : int, default: None
         If there are several blocks (experiments), specify the block index you want to load
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def __init__(
         block_index=None,
         all_annotations=False,
         rec_name=None,
-        install_maxwell_plugin=False,
+        install_maxwell_plugin=True,
         use_names_as_ids: bool = False,
     ):
         if install_maxwell_plugin: