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Simplify INSTALL.template music notes.

Now that there is more extensive documentation in README.Music, remove
some of the details from the INSTALL files and just include a
reference to it.

--- a/man/INSTALL.template

+++ b/man/INSTALL.template

@@ -262,36 +262,9 @@

 the way that the in-game music sounded under DOS when using an

 Adlib/Soundblaster card. This is, however, not to everyone's taste.

-#if _WIN32

-Better quality MIDI playback is possible by using Windows' native

-MIDI synthesizer that is part of the operating system.  Select "Native

-MIDI" within the sound dialog in the setup tool.

-

-#endif

-#if __MACOSX__

-High quality MIDI playback is possible by using Mac OS X's native MIDI

-synthesizer that is part of the operating system. Select "Native MIDI"

-within the sound dialog in the setup tool.

-

-#endif

-As an alternative it is possible to use Timidity for high quality MIDI

-playback:

-

-  http://timidity.sourceforge.net/

-

-A good set of patches for Timidity is the eawpats collection, which can

-be found here:

-

-  http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=13928

-  (Doom idgames archive, /sounds/eawpats.zip)

-

-LONG_GAME_NAME also has provides a very limited form "emulation" of

-the Gravis Ultrasound (GUS) card, using Timidity's GUS patch file

-support. To use this requires a copy of the GUS patch files, found

-here:

-

-  http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=17127

-  (Doom idgames archive, /music/dgguspat.zip)

+LONG_GAME_NAME includes a number of different options for better

+quality MIDI playback; see the file README.Music for more details of

+how to set these up.

 #if !PRECOMPILED

 When compiling from source, be sure to compile and install Timidity