There are fundamental differences between data file backups and disk image backups.  Either one is probably fine for the purpose of backing up a disk of Sonar projects and either one, done with something like Acronis/Marcrium or a system like Crashplan will protect that backup from being molested by ransomware.
 
If you have more than JUST data on that drive, then a data file backup might be a better solution.  If you only have data on the drive, then an image backup will be largely the same thing as long as the image file backup will allow you to do a restore of the files within and not just a restore of the entire image.
 
It seems that Macrium will allow you to do individual file/folder restores as well as a full image restore, but not in the FREE version - only in Home and above ($70).  In the free version, you will have to restore the whole disk image, even if only a few files are messed up or even accidentally deleted.  Also - I'm not sure how the protection of Macrium would apply, since the AES encryption is also not available in the free version, so while it might be a compressed image, it's not encrypted - if that's important to you.
 
The bottom line is that you need to use a system that will not be compromised by whatever problem may cause you to need to restore the files.  For example, does your backup do versioning?  Does each backup just overwrite the last copy?  What if you don't notice the issue for a week and then have to go back to the versions of files from 8 days ago - can your solution handle that?  I know that I personally don't use my system for recording as often as I want to and if it were compromised several days ago and I only had a backup that overwrote the image every night, I'd be as screwed as if I had no backup at all.
 
Just think the process through and what you need from it when you making your decision.
 
Hope this helps.

Blades
There are fundamental differences between data file backups and disk image backups.  Either one is probably fine for the purpose of backing up a disk of Sonar projects and either one, done with something like Acronis/Marcrium or a system like Crashplan will protect that backup from being molested by ransomware.
 
If you have more than JUST data on that drive, then a data file backup might be a better solution.  If you only have data on the drive, then an image backup will be largely the same thing as long as the image file backup will allow you to do a restore of the files within and not just a restore of the entire image.
 
It seems that Macrium will allow you to do individual file/folder restores as well as a full image restore, but not in the FREE version - only in Home and above ($70).  In the free version, you will have to restore the whole disk image, even if only a few files are messed up or even accidentally deleted.  Also - I'm not sure how the protection of Macrium would apply, since the AES encryption is also not available in the free version, so while it might be a compressed image, it's not encrypted - if that's important to you.
 
The bottom line is that you need to use a system that will not be compromised by whatever problem may cause you to need to restore the files.  For example, does your backup do versioning?  Does each backup just overwrite the last copy?  What if you don't notice the issue for a week and then have to go back to the versions of files from 8 days ago - can your solution handle that?  I know that I personally don't use my system for recording as often as I want to and if it were compromised several days ago and I only had a backup that overwrote the image every night, I'd be as screwed as if I had no backup at all.
 
Just think the process through and what you need from it when you making your decision.
 
Hope this helps.

 
The ability to restore the entire disk image is a great feature, not a limitation!
 
Individual file/folder restores is not the intent of a disk image plan.  Restoring the system drive to a previous state is the main objective.  Anything else is in the domain of a file/folder based backup plan.
 
A complete boot drive system image recovery is all you need to get your system back up and running in the event of a system disk crash or corruption. You can make the backup process as complex as you wish, but it is not necessary.
 
But even so, the included Windows system image backup utility writes to a VHD format file, which can then be attached in Windows Disk Management, assigned a drive letter, and the folder/files can be browsed and copied as desired.  Drag n drop 
 
But there are programs that can make this process easier if you wish

Again - it all boils down to what your purpose is and how much flexibility you want.  Sometimes a complete image restore is the best option and sometimes it's complete overkill.
 
Here's an example:
I had a disk image that was taken Friday.  I worked on three songs over the course of the weekend and did some really great stuff on two of them, but on the third, I completely wrecked the whole thing.  No - I don't just mean that I had some bad takes, I mean that I completely deleted all of the audio in the song.
 
If I have a disk image and I want to restore and I don't have the option of individual files/folders, I have to make copies of all the stuff I want to keep, restore the disk image, then put back all of the stuff I wanted to keep.  With a folder/file backup, you could choose to restore JUST the stuff that you messed up, without having to worry about overwriting all of the GOOD work you did.
 
Another example - I have recorded a huge number of vocal tracks on a track.  I have backed up on Friday and Saturday, then overwrote my files on Sunday.  I want to go back to certain copies of the things I overwrote, but don't want to replace ALL of the files.  A folder/file backup will allow for this.
 
On the flip side: I have an image backup of a c: drive operating system.  I have an issue with a new application or driver that I install and my OS no longer boots.  A file backup in a case like this is next to useless.  A disk boot image, however can me back up and running in almost no time with very little loss and probably no impact on my data files.
 
Another example: I have a drive image file and my disk just completely dies.  I have a disk image backup and I have a folder/file backup.  Which one do I use?  Could really go either way here, as either one, for a data drive, would get back files, so pick the one that is the most recent, the most complete, or the program that you are most comfortable with to do the restore.
 
The point is that there is no ONE answer to backups.  I have a pretty solid philosophy that if you only have one backup (local, remote, one type or another) you have no backup.  And if you don't periodically test that your backup is sound and restorable, you also have no backups.
 
Know what your purpose is.  Know where your backups are.  Know what your plan will be to restore your folders/files/images.
 
Clear?

That's why you need both an image and a file/folder backup plan.  Separate solutions for each would be recommended!
 
Then you are covered for anything that comes up.  But trying to combine both functions into one solution is a crapshoot. 

abacab
That's why you need both an image and a file/folder backup plan.  Separate solutions for each would be recommended!
 
Then you are covered for anything that comes up.  But trying to combine both functions into one solution is a crapshoot. 

Exactly.
That's why, here, I use an ISO disk backup (in my case via Acronis), daily;
But for my Sonar projects, I do an instant backup (every time the project is saved or any file inside the project folders is created or modified) via FTP using FreeFileSync.

liberty
I was attacked by some variant of the Cryptolocker virus.
This virus encrypts your files and requests a payment in Bitcoins to deliver the encryption key.
In my case it encrypted all my .cwp and .nff files (melodyne files).
I was able to recover some projects that Sonar saved automatically.
I suspect that the virus entered my PC through a USB stick or a removable disk.
I keep trying to find some tool that solves my problem because there are no guarantees that by paying the ransom receive the key.

my business got hit with one. but since we have two separate off-site backups (one connected, one unconnected), we were up and running after a day of downtime. i never use thumbdrives, only online storage. Despite having a hundred projects, I'd just let them have my HDD and start fresh. Who is to say they won't take your money and leave you with nothing?

gunboatdiplomacy
Who is to say they won't take your money and leave you with nothing?

From what I've heard/read they rarely leave you with nothing. Even if they decrypt your drives they usually don't remove the interesting collection of root-kits, key-loggers, remotely controlled email servers, worm servers, port scanners, hidden ftp servers and other exciting stuff of use to an enterprising modern criminal they've installed on your system.