Add bad channels and do version check

src/spikeinterface/sorters/external/kilosort4.py

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class Kilosort4Sorter(BaseSorter):
         "scaleproc": None,
         "save_preprocessed_copy": False,
         "torch_device": "auto",
+        "bad_channels": None,
     }
 
     _params_description = {
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ class Kilosort4Sorter(BaseSorter):
         "scaleproc": "int16 scaling of whitened data, if None set to 200.",
         "save_preprocessed_copy": "save a pre-processed copy of the data (including drift correction) to temp_wh.dat in the results directory and format Phy output to use that copy of the data",
         "torch_device": "Select the torch device auto/cuda/cpu",
+        "bad_channels": "A list of channel indices (rows in the binary file) that should not be included in sorting. Listing channels here is equivalent to excluding them from the probe dictionary.",
     }
 
     sorter_description = """Kilosort4 is a Python package for spike sorting on GPUs with template matching.
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ class Kilosort4Sorter(BaseSorter):
     For more information see https://github.com/MouseLand/Kilosort"""
 
     installation_mesg = """\nTo use Kilosort4 run:\n
-        >>> pip install kilosort==4.0
+        >>> pip install kilosort --upgrade
 
     More information on Kilosort4 at:
         https://github.com/MouseLand/Kilosort
@@ -134,6 +136,25 @@ def get_sorter_version(cls):
         """kilosort.__version__ <4.0.10 is always '4'"""
         return importlib_version("kilosort")
 
+    @classmethod
+    def initialize_folder(cls, recording, output_folder, verbose, remove_existing_folder):
+        if not cls.is_installed():
+            raise Exception(
+                f"The sorter {cls.sorter_name} is not installed. Please install it with:\n{cls.installation_mesg}"
+            )
+        cls.check_sorter_version()
+        return super(Kilosort4Sorter, cls).initialize_folder(recording, output_folder, verbose, remove_existing_folder)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def check_sorter_version(cls):
+        kilosort_version = version.parse(cls.get_sorter_version())
+        if kilosort_version < version.parse("4.0.16"):
+            raise Exception(
+                f"""SpikeInterface only supports kilosort versions 4.0.16 and above. You are running version {kilosort_version}. To install the latest version, run:
+                        >>> pip install kilosort --upgrade
+                """
+            )
+
     @classmethod
     def _setup_recording(cls, recording, sorter_output_folder, params, verbose):
         from probeinterface import write_prb
@@ -214,6 +235,7 @@ def _run_from_folder(cls, sorter_output_folder, params, verbose):
         # NOTE: Also modifies settings in-place
         data_dir = ""
         results_dir = sorter_output_folder
+        bad_channels = params["bad_channels"]
 
         filename, data_dir, results_dir, probe = set_files(
             settings=settings,
@@ -222,36 +244,22 @@ def _run_from_folder(cls, sorter_output_folder, params, verbose):
             probe_name=probe_name,
             data_dir=data_dir,
             results_dir=results_dir,
+            bad_channels=bad_channels,
         )
 
-        if version.parse(cls.get_sorter_version()) >= version.parse("4.0.12"):
-            ops = initialize_ops(
-                settings=settings,
-                probe=probe,
-                data_dtype=recording.get_dtype(),
-                do_CAR=do_CAR,
-                invert_sign=invert_sign,
-                device=device,
-                save_preprocesed_copy=save_preprocessed_copy,  # this kwarg is correct (typo)
-            )
-        else:
-            ops = initialize_ops(
-                settings=settings,
-                probe=probe,
-                data_dtype=recording.get_dtype(),
-                do_CAR=do_CAR,
-                invert_sign=invert_sign,
-                device=device,
-            )
+        ops = initialize_ops(
+            settings=settings,
+            probe=probe,
+            data_dtype=recording.get_dtype(),
+            do_CAR=do_CAR,
+            invert_sign=invert_sign,
+            device=device,
+            save_preprocessed_copy=save_preprocessed_copy,  # this kwarg is correct (typo)
+        )
 
-        if version.parse(cls.get_sorter_version()) >= version.parse("4.0.11"):
-            n_chan_bin, fs, NT, nt, twav_min, chan_map, dtype, do_CAR, invert, _, _, tmin, tmax, artifact, _, _ = (
-                get_run_parameters(ops)
-            )
-        else:
-            n_chan_bin, fs, NT, nt, twav_min, chan_map, dtype, do_CAR, invert, _, _, tmin, tmax, artifact = (
-                get_run_parameters(ops)
-            )
+        n_chan_bin, fs, NT, nt, twav_min, chan_map, dtype, do_CAR, invert, _, _, tmin, tmax, artifact, _, _ = (
+            get_run_parameters(ops)
+        )
 
         # Set preprocessing and drift correction parameters
         if not params["skip_kilosort_preprocessing"]: