% assume that decimate is used for downsampling
a = randn(100, 26); % time is along the column
[ns, nch] = size(a);
r = 5;
ns_down = floor(ns/r);
a_down = zeros(ns_down, nch);
for i=1:nch
a_down(:, i) = decimate(a(:, i), r);
end
% if you use resample
a_down = resample(a, 1, 5)