diff --git a/openpype/hosts/celaction/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py b/openpype/hosts/celaction/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c6e3bf2c03..0000000000
--- a/openpype/hosts/celaction/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import collections
-from pprint import pformat
-
-import pyblish.api
-
-from openpype.client import (
-    get_subsets,
-    get_last_versions,
-    get_representations
-)
-from openpype.pipeline import legacy_io
-
-
-class AppendCelactionAudio(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
-
-    label = "Colect Audio for publishing"
-    order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.1
-
-    def process(self, context):
-        self.log.info('Collecting Audio Data')
-        asset_doc = context.data["assetEntity"]
-
-        # get all available representations
-        subsets = self.get_subsets(
-            asset_doc,
-            representations=["audio", "wav"]
-        )
-        self.log.info(f"subsets is: {pformat(subsets)}")
-
-        if not subsets.get("audioMain"):
-            raise AttributeError("`audioMain` subset does not exist")
-
-        reprs = subsets.get("audioMain", {}).get("representations", [])
-        self.log.info(f"reprs is: {pformat(reprs)}")
-
-        repr = next((r for r in reprs), None)
-        if not repr:
-            raise "Missing `audioMain` representation"
-        self.log.info(f"representation is: {repr}")
-
-        audio_file = repr.get('data', {}).get('path', "")
-
-        if os.path.exists(audio_file):
-            context.data["audioFile"] = audio_file
-            self.log.info(
-                'audio_file: {}, has been added to context'.format(audio_file))
-        else:
-            self.log.warning("Couldn't find any audio file on Ftrack.")
-
-    def get_subsets(self, asset_doc, representations):
-        """
-        Query subsets with filter on name.
-
-        The method will return all found subsets and its defined version
-        and subsets. Version could be specified with number. Representation
-        can be filtered.
-
-        Arguments:
-            asset_doct (dict): Asset (shot) mongo document
-            representations (list): list for all representations
-
-        Returns:
-            dict: subsets with version and representations in keys
-        """
-
-        # Query all subsets for asset
-        project_name = legacy_io.active_project()
-        subset_docs = get_subsets(
-            project_name, asset_ids=[asset_doc["_id"]], fields=["_id"]
-        )
-        # Collect all subset ids
-        subset_ids = [
-            subset_doc["_id"]
-            for subset_doc in subset_docs
-        ]
-
-        # Check if we found anything
-        assert subset_ids, (
-            "No subsets found. Check correct filter. "
-            "Try this for start `r'.*'`: asset: `{}`"
-        ).format(asset_doc["name"])
-
-        last_versions_by_subset_id = get_last_versions(
-            project_name, subset_ids, fields=["_id", "parent"]
-        )
-
-        version_docs_by_id = {}
-        for version_doc in last_versions_by_subset_id.values():
-            version_docs_by_id[version_doc["_id"]] = version_doc
-
-        repre_docs = get_representations(
-            project_name,
-            version_ids=version_docs_by_id.keys(),
-            representation_names=representations
-        )
-        repre_docs_by_version_id = collections.defaultdict(list)
-        for repre_doc in repre_docs:
-            version_id = repre_doc["parent"]
-            repre_docs_by_version_id[version_id].append(repre_doc)
-
-        output_dict = {}
-        for version_id, repre_docs in repre_docs_by_version_id.items():
-            version_doc = version_docs_by_id[version_id]
-            subset_id = version_doc["parent"]
-            subset_doc = last_versions_by_subset_id[subset_id]
-            # Store queried docs by subset name
-            output_dict[subset_doc["name"]] = {
-                "representations": repre_docs,
-                "version": version_doc
-            }
-
-        return output_dict
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py
index e37cc8a80a..17c4bc30cf 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py
@@ -201,34 +201,6 @@ class CollectNukeWrites(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             if not instance.data["review"]:
                 instance.data["useSequenceForReview"] = False
 
-        project_name = legacy_io.active_project()
-        asset_name = instance.data["asset"]
-        # * Add audio to instance if exists.
-        # Find latest versions document
-        last_version_doc = get_last_version_by_subset_name(
-            project_name, "audioMain", asset_name=asset_name, fields=["_id"]
-        )
-
-        repre_doc = None
-        if last_version_doc:
-            # Try to find it's representation (Expected there is only one)
-            repre_docs = list(get_representations(
-                project_name, version_ids=[last_version_doc["_id"]]
-            ))
-            if not repre_docs:
-                self.log.warning(
-                    "Version document does not contain any representations"
-                )
-            else:
-                repre_doc = repre_docs[0]
-
-        # Add audio to instance if representation was found
-        if repre_doc:
-            instance.data["audio"] = [{
-                "offset": 0,
-                "filename": get_representation_path(repre_doc)
-            }]
-
         self.log.debug("instance.data: {}".format(pformat(instance.data)))
 
     def is_prerender(self, families):
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d53b24e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import pyblish.api
+
+from openpype.client import (
+    get_last_version_by_subset_name,
+    get_representations,
+)
+from openpype.pipeline import (
+    legacy_io,
+    get_representation_path,
+)
+
+
+class CollectAudio(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """Collect asset's last published audio.
+
+    The audio subset name searched for is defined in:
+        project settings > Collect Audio
+    """
+    label = "Collect Asset Audio"
+    order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.1
+    families = ["review"]
+    hosts = [
+        "nuke",
+        "maya",
+        "shell",
+        "hiero",
+        "premiere",
+        "harmony",
+        "traypublisher",
+        "standalonepublisher",
+        "fusion",
+        "tvpaint",
+        "resolve",
+        "webpublisher",
+        "aftereffects",
+        "flame",
+        "unreal"
+    ]
+
+    audio_subset_name = "audioMain"
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        if instance.data.get("audio"):
+            self.log.info(
+                "Skipping Audio collecion. It is already collected"
+            )
+            return
+
+        # Add audio to instance if exists.
+        self.log.info((
+            "Searching for audio subset '{subset}'"
+            " in asset '{asset}'"
+        ).format(
+            subset=self.audio_subset_name,
+            asset=instance.data["asset"]
+        ))
+
+        repre_doc = self._get_repre_doc(instance)
+
+        # Add audio to instance if representation was found
+        if repre_doc:
+            instance.data["audio"] = [{
+                "offset": 0,
+                "filename": get_representation_path(repre_doc)
+            }]
+            self.log.info("Audio Data added to instance ...")
+
+    def _get_repre_doc(self, instance):
+        cache = instance.context.data.get("__cache_asset_audio")
+        if cache is None:
+            cache = {}
+            instance.context.data["__cache_asset_audio"] = cache
+        asset_name = instance.data["asset"]
+
+        # first try to get it from cache
+        if asset_name in cache:
+            return cache[asset_name]
+
+        project_name = legacy_io.active_project()
+
+        # Find latest versions document
+        last_version_doc = get_last_version_by_subset_name(
+            project_name,
+            self.audio_subset_name,
+            asset_name=asset_name,
+            fields=["_id"]
+        )
+
+        repre_doc = None
+        if last_version_doc:
+            # Try to find it's representation (Expected there is only one)
+            repre_docs = list(get_representations(
+                project_name, version_ids=[last_version_doc["_id"]]
+            ))
+            if not repre_docs:
+                self.log.warning(
+                    "Version document does not contain any representations"
+                )
+            else:
+                repre_doc = repre_docs[0]
+
+        # update cache
+        cache[asset_name] = repre_doc
+
+        return repre_doc
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
index 0ff9363ba7..99a2e16a7c 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
         "CollectAnatomyInstanceData": {
             "follow_workfile_version": false
         },
+        "CollectAudio": {
+            "enabled": false,
+            "audio_subset_name": "audioMain"
+        },
         "CollectSceneVersion": {
             "hosts": [
                 "aftereffects",
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_publish.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_publish.json
index e1aa230b49..2efee92832 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_publish.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_publish.json
@@ -18,6 +18,27 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "type": "dict",
+            "collapsible": true,
+            "checkbox_key": "enabled",
+            "key": "CollectAudio",
+            "label": "Collect Audio",
+            "is_group": true,
+            "children": [
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "key": "enabled",
+                    "label": "Enabled"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "audio_subset_name",
+                    "label": "Name of audio variant",
+                    "type": "text",
+                    "placeholder": "audioMain"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "dict",
             "collapsible": true,