Quarantine Piano is a free character piano library created from an upright piano, with multiple microphone perspectives and a collection of NKI instruments for intimate, imperfect and cinematic tones.

Quarantine Piano is offered as a free community instrument through the developer and Pianobook ecosystem.

What Is Quarantine Piano?

The library emphasizes personality rather than polished concert-piano perfection. Two microphone positions, release behavior and multiple instrument variations make it suitable for close, emotional piano parts and processed textures.

For producers, the practical value is speed: it provides a ready starting point that can be adapted inside a real project rather than forcing a fixed workflow.

Main Features

• Sampled upright piano character
• Two microphone positions
• Two dynamic layers
• Release trigger samples
• 30 NKI instrument variations
• Around 2.1GB of sample content

How It Fits Into a Production Workflow

This resource is especially useful for cinematic piano, lo-fi textures, ambient writing and intimate songwriting. It can be used as a starting point, then edited and combined with your own sounds, processing and arrangement decisions.

The best approach is to treat the supplied material as a creative shortcut rather than a finished result. Adjusting the musical, tonal and dynamic details will help it fit naturally into an original production.

Compatibility and Requirements

Requires the full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or later. It is not licensed for the free Kontakt Player.

At a Glance

Developer / Source: Marco Belloni / Pianobook

Resource: Quarantine Piano

Price: Free

Category: Free Kontakt Libraries

Best for: cinematic piano, lo-fi textures, ambient writing and intimate songwriting

Production Ideas

Try the resource in a simple eight or sixteen-bar sketch first. Compare the original material with your edited version, then automate, resample or rearrange the strongest elements so the final result sounds personal rather than preset-driven.

Final Thoughts

Quarantine Piano remains useful because its imperfections give it a recognizable identity. It works particularly well when a pristine grand piano would sound too polished for the arrangement.