diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_audio.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_audio.py
index ecf98303d2..a8a878d49d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_audio.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_audio.py
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 from maya import cmds, mel
 
-from openpype.client import (
-    get_asset_by_id,
-    get_subset_by_id,
-    get_version_by_id,
-)
 from openpype.pipeline import (
-    get_current_project_name,
     load,
     get_representation_path,
 )
@@ -67,7 +61,26 @@ class AudioLoader(load.LoaderPlugin):
         activate_sound = current_sound == audio_node
 
         path = get_representation_path(representation)
-        cmds.setAttr("{}.filename".format(audio_node), path, type="string")
+
+        cmds.sound(
+            audio_node,
+            edit=True,
+            file=path
+        )
+
+        # The source start + end does not automatically update itself to the
+        # length of thew new audio file, even though maya does do that when
+        # when creating a new audio node. So to update we compute it manually.
+        # This would however override any source start and source end a user
+        # might have done on the original audio node after load.
+        audio_frame_count = cmds.getAttr("{}.frameCount".format(audio_node))
+        audio_sample_rate = cmds.getAttr("{}.sampleRate".format(audio_node))
+        duration_in_seconds = audio_frame_count / audio_sample_rate
+        fps = mel.eval('currentTimeUnitToFPS()')  # workfile FPS
+        source_start = 0
+        source_end = (duration_in_seconds * fps)
+        cmds.setAttr("{}.sourceStart".format(audio_node), source_start)
+        cmds.setAttr("{}.sourceEnd".format(audio_node), source_end)
 
         if activate_sound:
             # maya by default deactivates it from timeline on file change
@@ -84,26 +97,6 @@ class AudioLoader(load.LoaderPlugin):
             type="string"
         )
 
-        # Set frame range.
-        project_name = get_current_project_name()
-        version = get_version_by_id(
-            project_name, representation["parent"], fields=["parent"]
-        )
-        subset = get_subset_by_id(
-            project_name, version["parent"], fields=["parent"]
-        )
-        asset = get_asset_by_id(
-            project_name,
-            subset["parent"],
-            fields=["parent", "data.frameStart", "data.frameEnd"]
-        )
-
-        source_start = 1 - asset["data"]["frameStart"]
-        source_end = asset["data"]["frameEnd"]
-
-        cmds.setAttr("{}.sourceStart".format(audio_node), source_start)
-        cmds.setAttr("{}.sourceEnd".format(audio_node), source_end)
-
     def switch(self, container, representation):
         self.update(container, representation)