setting up monitors

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Questions similar to this are asked all of the time I am sure and I apoligize for asking another one, but I would really appreciate some feedback. My bands have just moved into a new rehearsal space which is 10x14 feet and 18 feet tall. The walls all have a foam-like material or carpet on them, the floor is carpeted, the ceiling is not padded it is a hard surface. What kind of monitors should I get (near or mid field?), how high should I mount them, how far apart, how far from the adjacent wall, and does it matter how I mount them-with a stand or on the wall? How far shoud I sit from them when I mix? Or (I bet this is the likely answer) is it something I have to learn about myself through trial and error? Even if this is the case I would really appreciate any suggestions or guidelines you could give which I could use as a starting point. Thanks for your time.

Also, my budget for new monitors is about 400 bones.
 
Is this a bad question? I looked for info on this throughout the mixing/mastering forum-couldn't find anything... but I could only access the most recent three pages, so maybe there is info on this but I just can't access it. Anyway, if you know anything on this subject please reply-I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
 
Steve,

You didn't get any replies because your question was so vague. Are you asking what brand/type monitors to buy, or where to put them? You said it's a rehearsal space, so do you mean monitors for mixing music, or PA speakers so you can all hear each other?

--Ethan
 
These speakers will be used strictly for recording purposes not as a PA. We are recording in our rehearsal space. I want to know both what type (near or mid field) of monitor I shoud get as well as where I should place them in the room. Thanks.
 
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