hc-1 d561106.dat: byte order and channel numbering

Hello,

I am preparing to read the original CRCNS hc-1 recording
d5611/d561106.dat: 8 interleaved 16-bit channels at 20 kHz.

Could you please clarify two format details?

1. Are the signed 16-bit samples stored in little-endian or big-endian
   byte order?

2. The d5611 README lists extracellular channels 2, 3, 4, 5 and
   intracellular channel 6. Do these numbers mean one-based positions
   within each interleaved frame / MATLAB rows, zero-based indices,
   or physical acquisition labels requiring a separate mapping?

For example, would the intracellular channel be frame position 6,
corresponding to zero-based index 5?

A direct confirmation would be helpful. If an original specification
or loading example is available, a reference would also be appreciated.

Thank you.

I suggest looking at the documentation in the hc-2 dataset.  There is a file there called "crcns-hc2-scripts-and-programs.pdf" which describes a zip fie (crcns-hc2-scripts.zip) that can be downloaded from the hc-2 dataset.  The code that is in there should be helpful. The formats of the hc-1 and hc-2 datasets are the same.