Do this for that great natural high-freq sheen in your tracks/master (nope, not an exciter) (Patreon)

One of the things that home masters often lack is this brilliance, "sheen" in the very high frequencies. Producers often use exciters to bring that up.
Well, let me tell you that you don't need to pay for an exciter – your basic decent EQ can probably get that energy up, as long as it's there.

Ever since I started doing this, I've barely touched my fave exciter (Revival by Slate Digital).

Get an EQ that can give you a really steep curve: see pic for an example.
There, I'm using ProQ3 with a 48 dB/octave curve, and I'm placing it really high.
You usually want to get it around 8K> so you won't pull up any high mids.

When doing this, you should hear how that beautiful high-frequency "sparkle" comes up, and it can often invigorate your mix.
It's very easy to overdo, so be careful: boosts of 4-7 dB are often enough!

It's often enough to do this for the master; of course if you hear anything stick out, go and tame the highs of that track/sound.