I just recently learned about Faust (a domain-specific language for digital signal processing) and I find it waaay easier than writing C++ or (what I was doing before) javascript with the web audio APIs.

There's an online IDE[+] where you can try out ideas in real time and hear the results straightaway.

Faust compiles to C++ and from there to a wide variety of platforms.

[+] https://faustide.grame.fr/